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.