Thanks 😊

Thanks 😊

Thanks! Glad to be here!

Cheers thanks

Thank you

Thanks a lot!!

Thanks so much

Thanks

Haha! That’s an amazing connection. I find it pretty hard to find good photos of cows because they tend to stare directly at you if you get too close. I liked the photo reference I used here because they were just doing their thing.

haha, cheers.

Cheers! will do.

Thank you!

Thanks!

haha! cheers.

I'm not familiar with that work, but there WAS another painting in the Orsay that I was thinking about ... Rosa Bonheur's "Ploughing in the Nivernais". The composition is different and her detail work is masterful, but the general mood of that painting had a profound impact on me and I was going for something similar here.

Thank you so much! I liked the sheen on the mud in the damp morning, too.

Thank you so much!

This is an ode to Dutch landscape painting. I’ve always loved their poetic simplicity. The flat terrain of the polders pushes the horizon line down low in the frame giving ample space for a beautiful light blue sky filled with maritime clouds blown in from the sea. It reminds me of my home state of Minnesota, which in certain parts can also be very flat and dotted with black and white dairy cows.
Thanks to Hilda Lok for letting me use her photo as a reference for this painting. I hope you enjoy the results!