During the summer environmentally driven street artist Louis Masai made a visit to our corner of the world to place up two works in central Penge. Louis sets to use his art as a platform for people to question convention and social practice, these perceptions doesn’t resonate with him as a person or an artist. Painting these animals allows Louis the chance to add a message, thinking outside the box with how people can challenge conventional norms by doing just that. Louis knows he can’t stop elephants dying, and neither should he carry such a burden, but by painting them he can hopefully make people aware and encourage others to help make change happen. A beautiful painting accompanied by a little “Did you know…”? Small changes can and do make a difference.

Both of the paintings were placed up in his striking and distinct patchwork style. With these two works Louis Masai’s pieces were apart of a planned vegan cook book he is working on. Therefore the subjects were focused around human’s meat-eating dietary habits, in the form of the popularity of chicken and chips and beef burgers. The pair of works below were put up with support from London Calling Blog, for SprayExhibition20.

Work in Penge High Street, with a call to eat far less chicken and chips.

Work in Penge High Street, painted next door to the Penge McDonalds franchise. Few corporations have done so much wrong for the planet, animals and humanity than McDonald’s, who unsurprisingly were unhappy with this artwork and immediately threatened legal action over the wording in the artist’s orginal design.