Gary Bunt b 1957

The Feeding of The 4,000

Oil on canvas
56 x 68 ins (142.24 x 172.72 cms)
signed

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Literature

By the Grace of God - Paintings and Poems by Gary Bunt, Unicorn Publishing, 2016. Illustrated pages 64-65.

General Notes

Poem on the reverse:
THERE'S AN OINK OINK OVER YONDER
THERE'S AN OINK OINK OVER THERE
ALL THEY DO IS OINK OINK OINK
THEY'RE OINKING EVERYWHERE
NOW IF I'D LISTENED TO JESUS
HE'D FULFIL MY WISH
HE'D FEED THESE PIGS IN SECONDS
WITH SEVEN LOAVES AND SOME FISH
ALAS I DON'T READ MY BIBLE
THE GOSPELS LONG FORGOTTEN
SO I HAVE TO CARRY BUCKETS OF FOOD
THAT'S ALL GONE OFF AND ROTTEN
I BET HE'S HAVING A GOOD OLD LAUGH
AS I WALK TO AND FRO
WHY DIDN'T I FOLLOW THE SHEPHERD ?
E, I BLOODY O.

There are 3,999 pigs in the main painting, but a small oil of the missing piglet accompanies the main work. It has this poem on the bacK

YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR ME
FOR AGES
BUT BECAUSE I'M
VERY SMALL
I WENT UNDER
THE GATE AND
HID MYSELF ON
THE OTHERSIDE
OF THE WALL.