# 11 Heifer Calf Two Step

6X6 Oil on mounted canvas $100

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I took some of my own advice when I painted this heifer. I used a larger-than-average flat brush and limited my palette, in an attempt to maintain color harmony.
Last night a friend from church called and reported "You said to let you know the next time I shot a pig. Well, I just did. Do you want it?" sigh
I am still not over this congestion virus/bacteria thing that is going around and my strength is really waning in the evening. I asked "How big?" and friend-with-a-pig said "About 50 pounds". I replied, "Sure, bring it over". I still needed to go out and feed the calves anyway, so I was not yet ready for bed.
What the heck. I have never dressed out a pig before (lots of deer, never pig). All the wild pig we have received have always been thoughtfully cleaned and already in a brining solution  - I have VERY nice friends and family!
While I waited, I prayed it wasn't one of those nasty prickly Russian boar/hog things that look like they are left over from an alien invasion movie.
Prayers were answered - it was a young female - 70 pounds. With a nice layer of fat, making me wish we had a reason for a luau! My Uncle Courtney smoked a whole pig once and I remember it was mouth watering.
I gutted and skinned it and put it in an ice chest to be packaged for the freezer later. I'll probably keep the rumps and tenderloin whole and grind up the rest. If the ribs aren't too shattered from the bullet, I may even cook them tomorrow.
The freezer is now officially full.
Deuteronomy 7:13

He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land—your grain, new wine and olive oil—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.

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# 3 If It's Not Suppertime, Why Are You Here?

6X6 Oil on mounted canvas $100

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This is Annabelle and she belongs to Mary Kay...another friend on the Keeping a Family Cow information chat board. I am not sure what breed she represents, but her personality shines though! AND her full-body shot shows a very well-fed and loved heifer!
(By the way, I am still accepting animal images to paint - send them to my email below and tell me something about you and/or your critter!)
John 1:5
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
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Abbey the Black Jersey Cow

6 X 6 Marker on Index 

Given away to a regular viewer who answered a question.
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It has been an eventful past two weeks.
My precious Aunt Anne passed away last Saturday, and Mike and I journeyed to Baton Rouge, my birthplace, for her funeral on Thursday. In actuality, it was a joyous passing for her - she lost her husband three years ago and was ready to join him. As usual, I was delighted to visit with so many of my Cajun Cousins and their children (and grandchildren). Cousin Betsy wants a reunion - and so do I. Texas is actually quite nice in January (and so is Louisiana)...Think about it, cousins!
Another event: we have purchased a milk cow - a black Jersey named Abbey. We used to have a milking Shorthorn 30 years ago, and like Abbey, Red Cow was a combination family milk cow/nurse cow. I would get baby calves from local dairies and she would raise them in addition to her own calf. Abbey has been doing the same. She had been nursing 2 calves and came to us with only her own calf, so she has a LOT of extra milk now. We don't yet have a milking stanchion nor is she halter broke, but I can put a bucket of feed before her and she lets me milk her while she's eating. In about 7 minutes I can get a couple quarts from her - more than Mike and I drink in a day, but I plan to make cheese this week...stay tuned. (I promise NOT to turn this blog into a soliloquy on self-sufficiency, but I think most of you out there already know where I stand regarding the need to prepare in advance for emergencies.)
Leviticus 20:24
But I said to you, “You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the nations.

Moo - continuous line drawing

blue ink on index 5 X 7 image area $20
SOLD

This has been a busy week. Since I completed the paintings for the Dutch Art November Show, I got a chance to start Merideth's baby quilt - or should I say Addison's baby quilt? As a result, I have not drawn or painted, and when I don't post for several days, I hear from my mother "Are you all right?" Yes, Mom - this drawing is a shout-out to you! I am all right!
I have been a quilter since I was first married when we had very little money for Christmas gifts. (Back then, many people still thought the notion of BORROWING for gifts was absurd). BUT I knew how to sew and had tons of scraps (mostly knits and polyesters, but stills scraps). I had no idea what I was doing, but somehow I made my mother-in-law a twin sized, all squares, very heavy and not-very-attractive-but-quite-warm quilt. The top was mostly synthetic fabrics; the batting was an old blanket; and the back was a twin sheet left over from my college dorm days. I put the quilting stitches "in the ditch" - one at a time. It cost me nothing to make and was the start of a very long learning curve about quilt making. I have since become pretty good at it and have even taught some continuing-ed classes in quilting.
When I am through with this little one, I will show you - alongside the very first one.
Proverbs 4:2
I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching.

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Greener Pastures

6 X 7 Oil on canvas board $55
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I haven't had much time to paint lately. This time of year the garden is all-consuming, as is the construction of the chicken coop.
Yesterday Mike and I stapled all the wire up around the run. Today we construct the door and lay the wire on top. Carl will cut a door into the laying area and we'll be done. And just in time - the birds are getting quite large. The run is 4 times the size of the coop's interior. And once they get bigger and start laying, I intend to release them into the garden occasionally. Those plans are for Fall, though.
I also have to tell you that 1/4 of these birds are supposed to be roosters - the eating variety. I am doing my best NOT to get attached to any of them and not give 'em names for this reason! Several of them are Barred Rocks. The roosters enjoy a deserved reputation for aggressiveness. Years ago we had a barred rock rooster that attacked us every time we entered "his" back yard. When he spurred 5 year old Benjamin, it was the final straw. He was stewed that evening!
One of the chicks has developed into a really attractive bird with feathered feet. I am hoping it is a hen because not only is she pretty, but she's also very attracted to Georgia.

1. John 13:38
   Then Jesus answered, "Will you really lay down your life for me? I tell you the truth, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!
   

Sketches - cows continuous line drawing

Patience, dear viewers....I only have a few more of these....meanwhile, I AM painting!
Proverbs 25:15
Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

Red White and Blue - large cow calves oil painting

24 X 30 Oil on canvas
This Painting will be Auctioned at the
Lake Granbury Art Association Annual Art Auction Sept. 18
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I have painted this trio of colorful bovines before - I call them the Patriotic Triplets. There's a bit of symbolism in this painting, in case you didn't notice. Two subjects are focused on the distance while one is concentrating on the immediate. You could stretch this to say that this is rather like our current population. Many of us are looking ahead while others continue to focus on the here and now. Is one viewpoint better than the other? Who's to say - I DO know that we can't continue down the same path and expect to see different scenery. I'd rather take a road I haven't traveled before than stay on this deteriorating one that's full of ruts and covered with cheap asphalt.
If you feel the same way, please get out and vote today. And consider doing what I did - vote against ALL incumbents. I'd rather throw a wrench into the machine and stop it than let it keep running amuck.
Ruth 2:10
At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground. She exclaimed, "Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me—a foreigner?"

Grass Breath - large cow oil painting

Grass Breath - large cow painting by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

SOLD to a Florida Collector
One of the many models who daily tramp through my front pasture, just outside my studio window. I just can't resist their faces and beautiful eyes. This heifer has particularly soulful orbs!

Media: oil
Size: 30 in X 24 in (76.2 cm X 61 cm)

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I Never Saw a Purple Cow

6 X 8 oil on masonite $115
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...and you're not seeing one now! This cow is more blue than purple, but it's still a bit on the fantasy side, I'd say.
One of my Daddy's favorite poems to quote when he was in a silly mood was "I never saw a purple cow, I never thought I'd see one. But I tell you this right now: I'd rather see one than be one." I'm not really sure if there's some really deep philosophical meaning in that poem - but I do know that it made a little girl giggle every time she heard it.
Song of Solomon 6:9
but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the only daughter of her mother, the favorite of the one who bore her. The maidens saw her and called her blessed; the queens and concubines praised her.

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Behind the Wire

SOLD

Title says it all. I am feeling locked in, locked up, locked down. The people in charge aren't paying attention. I am healthy and fed, but I am still behind the wire. What is my fate? I actually know it, but it saddens me that so many do not. Or are mistaken.

Ecclesiastes 3:19
Man's fate is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath ; man has no advantage over the animal. Everything is meaningless.

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