1996 acrylic on canvas 600 x 850mm sold
This crazy scene was inspired in Kerala, South India, and relates to a giant cow-shaped cloud seen covering the sky there. In India, anything is possible. Cows are sacred there, and are not generally eaten.
Here we see the Space Cow being greeted by the Cheeseburger Intergalactica Space Vehicle, armed with french-fry retros and strawberry sundae thruster. You’ll notice that the dreaded gherkin has already been removed.
The Space Cow is really an ancient concept, as illustrated by the children’s nursery rhyme: “Hey diddle-diddle, the cat played the fiddle, and the cow jumped over the moon.”