The title of this painting describes what happened here yesterday. Mark was in the garage when he heard a chicken making a fuss. The reason it was making a fuss was a fox was grabbing a hold of it. But lucky for the chicken it is in the middle of molting season and the feathers just fell out of it so the fox did not have a good grip. Mark chased the fox away and the chickens were locked up for their own safety. Its been about five years since we had a problem with a fox but they can easily kill many chickens. They usually kill all the chickens then one at a time take them away. We did not loose any birds yesterday but free range comes at a price. I think its time to fence them in for their own safety.
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If the cows were not at the barn when it was milking time when we were kids one of us would have to go looking for them. Often you could call to them and they would start walking towards us. But sometimes the taste of the grass was just to devine and they would wait until you could almost touch them before they would acknowledge you. Watching you approach and eating until the last possible second. This is the view I remember all to well. Cows are just like any of us, determined to do what we want when we want to do it. Got to love them.
I painted this one while greenhouse sitting in July. It was a challenge to paint using acrylics, which are quick to dry in a hot greenhouse. Not the ideal enviroment but I made the most of it and kept my mister bottle working overtime.
What a fantastic summer we are having, it just keeps coming. I will take every warm sunny day and appreciate all of it, since the season will change soon enough. Another impressionist cow painting. I grew up on a small dairy farm and have always thought cows are sweet beautiful creatures. They will always be one of my favorite subjects to paint.
I will show you the progression in painting this cow. |
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