Cow 72 KING OF EVERYTHING6

6 x 6 inch
oil on gessobord
$50.00

I started using a couple of transparent paints again, they are really nice to use for underpainting and then to mix with your other colours. I am trying not to make my darks to dark, I sometimes tend to do that. I am happy with this painting, I love the expression of the cow.

Cow 67 WHAT'S UNDER THERE?

6 x 6 inch
oil on gessobord
$50.00

I read a quote yesterday in a magazine "I never met a colour I didn't like" that would be me,  but today I stayed with a very subdued for me palette.  I love how this cow turned out and am very pleased that I stuck with a limited colour choice...I did have to add a touch of olive green right at the end though.

Cow 65 I'm all ears

6 x 6
oil on board
SOLD

I was away for a couple of weeks and all I wanted to do when I got home was paint a cow.

Cow 64 Another day

size 6 x 6
oil on panel
SOLD

I think there could be a thousand paint strokes in this painting, I used a very small palette one blue,two reds,two yellows and of course burnt umber. I just kept mixing and mixing to get more and more wonderful colours...sometimes less is truly more.

Cow 62 Big baby

size 8 x 6
oil on board
$65.00

I have tried several times to paint this cow with no luck...I tried once more.  I started just adding the darks very loosely and then just kept adding little bits until I was happy with it.

Cow 61 Nose first

6 x 6 inch
oil on board
SOLD

Right when I finished this cow painting my friend Agnes came into the studio and said "nose first"  perfect name.

Cow 57 Is orange my colour?

6 x 6 inch
oil on panel
SOLD

I used a little rose violet in this painting, the colours are quite different than usual a little more subdued. 

Cow 56 Chill

6 x 6 inch
oil on board
SOLD

I used thalo blue again for my underpainting, I changed the background colour twice before I was happy with it.  Sometimes when you have such a strong underpainting colour it competes with everything else.  In the end I was happy with the green.

Cow 53 Purple haze

8 x 6 inch
oil on panel
SOLD

Originally I was using purple just to add  hints of definition to the black, I just kept using more and more so I went with it.  I love the outcome,  I laugh every time I walk by this painting.

Cow 51 Call me curvy

6 x 6 inch
oil on board
SOLD

The more I paint cows the more I love to paint cows.  

Cow 50 Dazzled

8 x 6 inches
oil on board
SOLD

The colouring of this cow was very unique, more of a chocolate  brown with some beautiful rust, and her head looked as if she was wearing a hat...classy girl.

Cow 45 Solid

6 x 8 inch
oil on panel
SOLD

I used indian yellow for the under painting, I didn't use as much paint as I usually do.  I added hints of red to deepen the rust.