Where Did I Leave That Calf?

8 X 10 Oil on Canvas - either board or can be matted - $115
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Baby calves are like fawns their first week of life - they lay low and wait for their mom to come get them when it's time to eat. This cow hasn't lost her calf - just misplaced it! She has that classic "upset tail in the air" look that cows get when they are anxious. I usually stay out of their way when they act like this!

I attended my Art Association meeting last night and I took a painting to enter in the monthly competition - and I won! This painting was the third in a series of "Eventing" horses I saw in Calispell, Montana last summer. I witnessed many thrilling performances and saw as many truly great horses.

Philippians 4:6
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Media: oil
Size: 11.75 in X 8 in (29.8 cm X 20.3 cm)
Price: $115 USD

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Spring Gift

8 X 6 Oil on gessoed masonite
SOLD to a collector in California

Spring is TRYING to come to my little part of Texas. We had another inch of rain last week, but last night I had to cover the tomato plants due to the threat of frost. I moved Easy and Dandy to a smaller pasture and locked up PJ for her annual weight loss program. PJ doesn't lift her head from grazing, and that's OK in the winter, but on Spring grass she gets really fat and has a tendency to founder. So she gets locked up in the round pen this time of year and goes on a strictly hay diet. She hates it, but it's for her own good. Every time I walk out the back door, though, I hear her whinny to me as if to say "I'm starving! Feed me more!" I can't remember the last time I saw her ribs, so she gets no sympathy from me!
As of yesterday, Ron still had three calves with 2 more cows due. Since the horses are moved, he should be letting them onto our pasture soon. I always look forward to watching them out my studio window and painting them as well.
Ezekiel 34:20
Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep

Waiting on Mother Nature

9 X 12 Oil on Canvas Board Contact Artist for Availability

Three of Ron's 5 cows have calved now - this one is still a hold out, I think. She's still patiently waiting her turn to give birth. I love her markings, and standing with the morning sun beside her, she did present a pretty picture. And the painting looks wonderful in this frame, don't you think?
So far the herd has given birth to 3 red and white freckled heifers. I tried yesterday to get a photo of all three together. That was like herding chickens, plus I didn't dare get too close because one of the cows is a first-timer and she definitely didn't look real happy about me approaching her calf. Thank goodness for long distance lenses and strong barbed wire fences.
Psalm 34:18
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Water Cow

6 X 8 Oil on gessoed masonite $115
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I know some of ya'll get impatient and/or worried when I don't post regularly, but believe me, I am OK - just painting on some larger canvases and working in the yard and vegetable garden.
This morning as the sun was rising, I noticed Ron's cows next door getting up, stretching and getting ready to feed their calves (there's 2 new ones). I threw on a sweater and jogged across our front pasture over to the gate that separates us. I climbed the back side of Ron's pond to approach the cows on the other side and you might have thought the cows saw an alien. When they spotted me, they took off running for the far side of their pasture, and it took a good 20 minutes for them to realize it was only me and to settle down. I took photos for another 40 minutes and my patience was well rewarded.
I got some great photos of cows reflected in water, cows and calves crossing water, cows backlit by morning sun, etc.
Ron has five cows - three are speckled Longhorns and 2 are black, hornless (muley) cows. This little heifer calf belongs to one of the black cows, and Ron hasn't had his hands on her yet to find out if she has horns. You can't see them at this age, but you could feel them if you could touch her head - something I wouldn't recommend right now unless a good, strong fence separates you from her momma when you perform that test! A sweet cow can turn into a demon in a second if she thinks her calf is threatened. I know from experience.
Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.