I often choose the cow as a vessel for expression.
As a ubiquitous creature of the landscape in which I live, the cow
continually provides me with visual prompting. I am drawn to the
animal's geometry, it's angular anatomy and it's
close cut coat which reveals this form. I am particularly attracted
to the Holstein breed with it's black and white markings that
present suggestive possibilities not unlike that of a Rorschach
ink blot.
The kind and curious soul that rests within the cow
offers me tremendous anthropomorphic opportunity. This is especially
true when presented in a herd or small grouping. There seems to be
an expressive under current, that is exhibited either passively or
overtly, in how the animals relate to one another that suggests a
human quality.
All of this provides me with a potent source of
narrative and non-objective resource.
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