This project, a bespoke painting of highland cows, has been an absolute joy, inspired by another smaller painting that I made last year, with some differences and scaled up to a large size. This is painted on a custom-built canvas to a specific set of dimensions, sturdy and well-made, just like the Highland Cows!
A gentle English Longhorn in the studio - work in progress this week
I had to take her off the easel to photograph, as there is so much light hitting the shiny surface of the painting. I hope to have this lady finished by the end of the week, I ‘might’ take her to Patchings with me if she is ready in time.( Knowing me, I wont actually decide which paintings will come with me until the day before!)
I love painting Longhorns, there is a big beautiful herd of these at Calke Abbey just up the road and I must pay them a visit over the Summer . Im using some of my beautiful earth tones, and copper for this piece, mixed in with some purples, pinks and brights.