Dead Meat: Art That Even Palin Would Love

I'm not much of a red meat lover, but throw it in a beautiful ornate frame and I'm yours.

Los Angeles-based artist Victoria Reynolds creates strangely beautiful paintings of meat of every variety. From undulating waves of bovine musculature to delicately speckled pimento loaf slices, her ethereal oil-on-panel works are simultaneously mesmerizing and nauseating. Raised in Texas with a fine arts education pursued in both Nevada and Oklahoma, Reynolds stays true to her cattle-country roots with her selection of subjects.

Above, Flight of the Reindeer, 2003. Below, a selection of works including Down The Primrose Path, Lickety Split, and Pementi Dimenti. See more of Reynolds' work on the Richard Heller Gallery website.

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Comments

[CynAnne]

Thank you, Pam..I think. Portraiture both ornate and slightly repellent always makes me pause for that extra moment, to wonder what thoughts are sifting through the artists minds as they create, and this art gives me an extra..'ex­tra moment' (or two, even).. O_o ...

[Pam Bristow - Huffpost Blogger]

Glad you found it interesting!

[LMPE]

Considering how oblivious Sarah Palin was to the turkey deaths behind her during an interview right after she pardoned a turkey, maybe she would have no opinion about this art.

[Pam Bristow - Huffpost Blogger]

What a crazy storyline coincidence! Fate...

[MIMom]

GROSS!