"Strawberry Fields"

Acrylic on Canvas.  15 x 30

Available. 

"Popeye"

Acrylic on canvas, 9 x 12. 

Sold. 

"I'm All Ears"

Acrylic on canvas, 22 X 28. 

A lovely cow enjoying the evening. 

Sold 

"Becky"

Acrylic on canvas. 9 X 12

Sold. 

"K-Country"

Acrylic on canvas. 15 X 30. 

A make believe ranch scene 

by the Bow River of course! 

The cows are free to roam. 

Sold. 

"Kali"

“Kali” 8 X 10 X 1.5. Acrylic.

Sold.

"Hey Marty!"

I named this guy after a friend of mine. 

Not sure he was impressed or not, 

but i think this guy is quite impressive. 

Don't you? :) 

Acrylic on canvas, 11 x 4. 

Available. 

"Spotted Cow Ranch"

A make believe farm scene. 

I enjoy doing these imaginative pursuits. 

Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 30 x 2. 

Sold. 

"Watcha Doin?"

A happy group. 

Acrylic on canvas, 15 x 30. 

Available. 

"My Gal Sal" and "How Now Brown Cow"

Two acrylics in the Folk Art
fashion. I loved doing these.
They are both 8 X 8 X 2.
                  Sold.

"Homestand" 

Acrylic on canvas, 

22" X 28".

I used a photo from Flickr member, Carol Von Canon

for reference. 

I love doing the backgrounds now. 

Once upon a time they were intimidating as it was always a challenge 

to figure out what to do in them. 

Now i see them as a Playground in which we 

can experiment and play with colours. 

Available. 

"Molly (Whuppie)"

This painting was commissioned by two young folks as a gift for their mother

on her birthday. 

She had wanted one of my cow paintings for a long time. 

My clients were 12 and 14 years of age and very pleasant to deal with. 

I gave them a break on the price of course. 

They'd saved their allowance to be able to do this.  

I enjoy commissions and the stories that often go with them. 

Such as this one! :) 

Acrylic on canvas, 12" X 12".

"Best Friends"

A young lady i used to work with asked me to paint these two,

for one of her relatives for Christmas. 

I had a difficult time with it at first as is often the case with commissions. 

But yesterday it started to take on the life i always look for. 

The results are very pleasing to me. 

I was going to call it "Best Friends Forever" but as you know 

the likelihood of these cuties being around still are slim. 

This is why i like to paint cows. 

They give us so much and are only here for a short while. 

I can honour them in a painting and love doing so. 

Acrylic on canvas, 22 X 28.
Sold.

"Prudence Dear"

Did this a while ago. She's in a gallery in Calgary. 

Trying now to get something going and paint again. The slumps are no fun. 

Yikes! 

I know the best way to deal with it is to just paint. 

My favourite approach is to get out the sketch book and just start drawing. 

It's from the sketch books that the ideas begin to flow. 

The next step is to commit to one or more of these sketches. 

Put them down on canvas or paper. Then paint. 

So far i have about a half dozen drawn and ready to go. 

Just have to grab those brushes! Right? 

Acrylic on canvas. 20" X 30".
Sold.

"Cowperate Ladder"

Some good folks wanted a painting based on the photo shown. 

They said they went out to check on the herd one day and this is what they found. 

Pretty funny to think the cow was wandering around with a ladder stuck on it's head. 

Acrylic on canvas, 20 X 30.

"Delores"

More Cows! There can't be enough cows. 

I'be been having such fun with the backgrounds i am thinking the cows 

might be getting in the way! Perhaps put them further back 

into the fields. My whimsical watercolour villages are starting 

to show up in these acrylics. I look forward to seeing where it is all going. 

Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas. 24" X 36". 

"Delilah"

This is a favorite model. She belongs to a lady in the Netherlands. 

I've painted her in watercolour and had it published in "Splash 14"
but thought an acrylic 

would be appropriate and much larger too! 

She is on display at the "Ruberto Ostberg Gallery" in Calgary. 

Delilah is on canvas, 20" X 24" Acrylic.

"Calypso"

This little girl is on her way to an art gallery in Fort MacMurray called 

"Points North". 

She is acrylic 18 X 24 on gallery wrapped canvas. 

"Deirdre'"

A new girl in town. She is headed off to the Rouge Restaurant to be on display 

in their couples dining room. This room entertains couples only on special 

occasions. Deirdre' is replacing "Dreamer" who was purchased by a couple 

celebrating their 16th Wedding anniversary. 

Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas. 24 X 24 

"Who You Calling Chicken?" aka Guard Cow

Can't stop painting these bovines! 

Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas. 24" X 24"