Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Artist goes back to drawing board over breastfeeding boob

AN artist boobed after his painting of a breastfeeding mum attracted a number of complaints from staff on a maternity ward.

Jason Elliott, a 40-year-old father-of-two, from Bradshaw, Halifax, had painted the black and white picture using a photograph from an old medical journal.

But when it went on show at Calderdale Royal Hospital earlier this month some staff complained.

The acrylic painting shows a close up image of a woman's breast with a child suckling but infant feeding adviser Marilyn Rogers said it was important that examples of breastfeeding were accurate and this particular painting was not technically correct.

She said it should have showed the child's chin being supported.


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