Animal Instinct, the latest show at the Cerritos College Art Gallery is a show of imagination and animal character.

The show is a reflection of the humanizing of the animal. Each of the piece of art work holds a meaningful inspiration of what the artist is feeling.

All the pieces of work were slightly puzzling at first.

The art work can give the viewer a new insight to how animals are closely connected with the human spirit.

When walking into the gallery, one of the first things the viewer will see is not an ordinary goat. The piece is unusual and gives the viewer some pondering questions about the piece of art, such “What did they do to this poor animal?”

Other pieces of art included drawings and painting of different animals in their untamed environment. While some of the other pieces made the viewer take a step back and try to figure out what the artist wanted the viewer to see.

There were two pieces of work that could be found quite cleaver.

“Edible,” by Emily Wagner, features three steel dog dishes on the ground filled with what looked like dry dog food. Though after reading about the piece find out that the food in the dish is food that can actually be consumed by humans and made to look like dog food that came out of a factory.

Another piece that caught attention was the piece entitled “My Pretty Porthole,” by Tamara Fites. The piece of art is a large pink bear that holds a blanket and pillow inside it. It looked like a resting place for a child to lay when he or she was tired.

Fites wanted to show in the piece of art that a teddy bear is not longer something to embrace for comfort, but a cocoon to envelop you in its soft protective shell. The bear symbolizes infantile security.

The one piece that really stuck out in the gallery was the American Staffordshire Terrier by M.A. Peers. The piece is enormous and takes up most of the back wall in the gallery.

With the fabrics of different parts of nature sewn together a Pit Bull is painted onto fabric.

The work reflects upon the Pit Bull being the toughest dog bread by man, which gives the work a tough and aggressive feeling.

The exhibit is a close encounter with animals of rare and extraordinary features. It will give any viewer a sense of understanding between humans and animals.

Animal Instinct will be open until March 7th. The Cerritos college Art Gallery is located in the Arts and Crafts building. The gallery hours are Monday – Thursday 11 am -4pm and Evenings on Tuesday and Thursday from 6 – 9 p.m.