"The incredible story of the Guira de Macurije's cows"
Oil on canvas
36" x 48 " / 91.5cm x 122cm
2003

This is a real story that used to happen close to my home town in Cuba. For those who don't know this reality, in Cuba is strictly prohibited to eat beaf, or even kill a cow to eat it, that goverment regulation has been taken effect since nearly 30 years ago or more, along with it's consecuences and fatalities. Someone cought killing, eating, selling or even storing beaf can go to jail for 20 years (punish for killing a human been is 8 to 10 years). Then according the story showed in this painting some people decided not to kill the cow but to tight it to the rail road, then when the train pass by the cow gets killed, and punish for getting some meat from a previous killed cow is not too severe, just in case they get cought, also in previous agreement with the train driver, in that area the train will go slowly, the less damge the more meat (he also takes some). I don't really pretend to spread sadness or bad thoughts to other people, I'm just painting what I see. I was sad when I knew about it too.