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Pinto The Pig Paints Original Art With Snout And Hoofs
posted Monday, 27 February 2006
Pinto, an accomplished painter for a Yucatan miniature pig, gets his snout and hooves into original works of art Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006, at Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. Using a selection of primary colors (non-toxic paint), Pinto mixes them in innovative ways (hooves, snout, objects and sometimes food items) to create his one-off masterpieces which will be on display during National Pig Day, Wednesday, March 1, at the zoo. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
An abstract 'painting' created by Pinto, a Yucatan miniature pig, is shown Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006, at Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. Pinto's one-of-a-kind works of art will be on display Wednesday, March 1, when the zoo celebrates National Pig Day. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Brookfield Zoo keeper Frank Brader shows Pinto, a Yucatan miniature pig, his finished 'painting' Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006 at Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. Pinto uses his hooves, snout and other objects to push paint around a canvas to create one-of-a-kind works of art that will be on display Wednesday, March 1, when the zoo celebrates National Pig Day. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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