This reproduction is from a drybrush
watercolor of a group of cows which were in the pasture
across the road from my home in Cullowhee. The breed is
Charlais.
As with the original painting this reproduction is best
viewed outdoors in natural light. There are a lot of colors
here which simply don't show up under indoor lighting or on
a computer monitor. In the cows there are cerulean blue,
cadmium red and permanent sap green just to name a few.
The scene was in January just after a light snow which was
melting in the early morning light. The pasture is sort of
bowl shaped which can be seen from the pattern of the
cattle tracks in the snow. It was very cold and still. The
grass would crunch underfoot as you walked on it.
