I thought it
was time for me to paint a cow portrait.
I know they've been popular subject matter recently. The story of the reference photos for this
piece is somewhat amusing. Having grown
up on a cattle farm I always feel pretty comfortable around bovine. My brother’s cattle were grazing in a pasture
near our home last week. I decided to
jump the barbed wire fence and take some photos. As soon as I started taking photos a large
Black Angus bull in the herd began looking me over. Finally he put his head down and started
walking in my direction. I usually try
to be cautious so I immediately jumped back over the fence with camera in
tow. I walked home and grabbed my telescopic
lenses. I then finished the photography
in the safety outside the pasture.
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