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Number 87

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This is an oil on canvas. 12 by 12 inches. This painting is at the American Legacy Gallery in Kansas City, Missouri. One of my favorite subjects is to paint cows and bison early in the morning when the light is fresh and low.

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Charleen Morris

You have painted this little cow superbly - It is Beautiful! .......- though it makes me feel sad - I am not vegetarian, but I rarely eat red meat - if I do - maybe a spot of chicken or fish. In any case - what encouraged my reluctance to eat Beef - was seeing a field full of cows just like this in the middle of nowhere, west of Brisbane in Australia, no trees for miles - and cows looking just like this all crammed into a small pen - brewing under the sun - waiting for their death sentence -and then a day later to smell that stench of death again from the train carriage as I watched from the bridge as they were heading to the slaughterhouse - They sense death. I dont mean to be romantic - and melodramatic -but cows are such cute creatures too.! ;-)

7 months ago

Mary Binford Miller

Thanks so much for your comments, Charleen. I am the same as you about meat. I rarely, rarely eat beef as well. I have a hard time looking in the eyes of these sweet creatures knowing what their destination is. I paint them because I feel they can think and feel as like us. I just wish they could speak! At first I did not put the numbers on them. I do now because that is the only identity they have in this world.

7 months

Zivka Koceva Karadjovska

Mary ;-))) lovely subject,wonderful concept,great painting ,the colors are stunning.5*****
See you,all the best!

7 months

darlene

You captured the lighting and the cow really nicely. Have you ever painted the cows on a cold morning when there is a mist coming off their bodies? Grew up on a farm and it's just one of those things I remember... d

7 months

Roxanne Driedger

Beautiful light, beautiful cow.( I am a vegetarian. I don't want to be responsible for the tag :) Really like your brush work and the fact that you've included the bright red tag is interesting. The lighting is perfect! Love it! 5*****

7 months

krystyna spink

A perfect painting!She looks realy fluffy!
Fantastic work!

7 months

Cazz-B

wow what a wonderful cow.Absolutely beautiful.5*****+++++I love it

7 months

Dick Twinney

Beautiful artwork Mary. Love the back lighting.
Best wishes,
Dick.

7 months

Pia Malmstrup

What a wonderful painting. So good details. Pia

7 months

Lisa Irving

very good oil painting.. very talented

7 months

Tony Rea

I LOVE this portrait of the cow that you have so lovingly painted, the eyes look so sad & appealing, I also love the way you've got the light shining through the thin skin at the edge of her ears, Overall,..A magnificent work, Mary, True artistry. 10*s Tony. X

7 months

Robert Hadfield

Very nice Mary.

7 months

Saskia Cox-Steenbergh

Very very good. Professional art. Love the light, love the realness, love the seemingly light brushwork, love cows.

7 months

LinMorin

Mary this is a beautiful painting. You have a lovely style. I love the softness in the fur and the way you have just touched her with the highlights, especially her eye lashes and across the tops of her ears.... I can tell you spend a great deal of time looking at cows. You paint them beautifully... You background is just enough to set the whole piece off,. I think you did just a magnificent job on this one,... sincerely, Lin

7 months

Yves La Rocque

Very nice work. Love the way you handle the light on the ears. So alive one could expect the cow to moo ;-)

7 months

Celeste Schor

This is a beautifully painted animal, the light and color is lovely, she is pretty with her long eyelashes.

7 months

Rose Gogos

so real! stunning!

7 months

shhightower

looks so real excellent 5 ***** Steve

7 months

Carol Haines

Beautiful oil painting, he is lovely.

7 months

Dean Montoya

very nice work I find myself relaxing when I see it

7 months

gill

He is beautiful x

7 months

Bryan Hible

Beautiful work! Sometimes a piece immediately stands out in a crowd, this is one of those! 5***** :)

7 months

Chris(tian) v. Grumbkow

light, color, expression(!)and composition...everything fits so well....a beautiful executed example for a painterly use of oils, loose brush strokes and a perfect view what the essential is. Superb work!

7 months

Lenny Thomas

Mary, Excellent painting, this really caught my eye 5***** This brought back memories of when I lived on a farm many years ago...Lenny

6 months

Alan Jefferson

Beautiful and realistic......

6 months

Dorottya Bánki

cute..

6 months

Fran McGarry

I Love cows. Very well painted. I really like the softness of it.

6 months

S. Enriquez

Very well painted Mary, its true, cows make great pictures dont they?*****

6 months

Kerry Trout

Wonderful!!!

6 months

Liat

love the realism here. this is so well painted!! i love your choice of composition, and the red tag adds spice to it.

6 months

Thea Jansen

I too, eat meat very seldom....but this painting makes me want to be a vegetarian!! They have such sad, big brown eyes. This is a wonderful painting!!! :D

6 months

Gerard.J. Kramer

Really good painted this cow.Great colours.

6 months

Roberto "ROY" Ercolino

This is amazing!

6 months

Valerie Curtiss "Valia"

This is lovely!

6 months

Eileen Blair

What would we do without cows? Think about it! Very nice work.

6 months

Oldivad

beuatiful and gorgeous. love the colors and details. lovely brush strokes. 5*****

6 months

Gus Lopez

WOW...I love the brush strokes and color scheme on this painting.

Beautifully done!

6 months

Anja

just perfect, the fur, and the light, and his looks, I love this painting!!!

6 months

Azat Galimov

Great artwork !!!!! Amazing skills! Bravo, Mary!

6 months

rifka

he looks like he is responding after his name was called...large farm animals are amazing creatures...after living in australia and visiting the upper cumbria in england,i was even more delighted with the stateliness of these creatures....i adore sheep and goats too:)rifka

6 months

Linda Maroney

a really beautiful painting and i really like the background just enough.how do you know when to stop.

6 months

Mary Binford Miller

Thanks very much, Linda. I love your elephant painting as well! To answer your question about how I know when to stop...After not looking at the painting for a while, when I walk around the corner and see it sitting there, if I have a "warm fuzzy" feeling in my stomach, I know it is done. Kind of an instinctive thing.

6 months

Paul j Horton

I have drawn quite a few animals but never a cow, I really must have a go, this is simply wonderful 5*, great brush work Mary, it is so beautifully done, cheers, Paul ;0)

6 months

graeme wilkinson

Beautiful painting 5*...so real, like a photo almost...well done

6 months

Darleene MacBay

I love your cow...it is so real looking.

6 months

Margaret

Perfection!! Mary this is masterpiece work...What a soft expression on the face (no wonder I can't eat meat!)
Detail is amazing right down to the eyelashes!! 5*****plus.
Kindest Margaret

6 months

Mary Binford Miller

Thank you so much, Margaret!

5 months

Marie-Anne Duhem

Masterful work Mary! Your 'brush-craft', the colors with the specific light and shadow... and her fantastic sunny eyelashes that really draw you first to the eyes and then to the whole painting.
'Checked' you website: fantastic!

6 months

Maureen Lacey

A wonderful painting, so atmospheric, of this gentle creature.wonderful brushwork

6 months

Veena

Great details!!!! 5***** :) :)

6 months

molena lino

Bella questa opera. La mucca mi sembra giovane ma ha una bella espressione. I colori sono molto fedeli alla realtà. Un caro saluto con 5* Molena Lino

6 months

louiseT

So alive, and with the most wonderfull light :)

6 months

sue warner

Lovely painting, the red tag sets the whole thing off. Sometimes i try to paint a little looser but always end up putting too much detail in when it doesn't need it. I don't know when to put the brush down and say ENOUGH!
Well done, i love this painting.

6 months

Louis Nyiri

Hi Mary, brilliant love your work

6 months

Vivienne Bellisario

I love the texture and naturally the subject. Cows are my favourite!

6 months

Beata Belanszky - Demko

Woooow, it is so cute, this is such a great composition, great lights, and I love how it looks at me :-) 5*

6 months

Susanne Lindholm Nielsen

I give it 6 stars - just beautifull - the light and the fur is just perfekt.

6 months

Anne

Her eyelashes alone are worth that much! very good artwork.

6 months

Elize Bezuidenhout

Can't stop looking at this painting. Every stroke is painted with so much confidence! Exquisite.

5 months

Przemila Koscielna

It's a good painting! Wonderful subject and pefect job! Lovely!!!

5 months

Gayle Kirton

This is really lovely, they have real cute faces, and I love the way that the light is coming through the earends and the number tab.

5 months

neil og mcneil

moooooooooooooooooooo !!!!!! 5+ ******

5 months

sergo

Great painting!Brilliant animal art here!

5 months

Jane Rohe Weston

What a sweet face. Nice painting. Jane

5 months

John Houseman

Mary, I live in cow country too. (Wisconsin) You really got the hair. Did you ever get swatted in the face by a cow tail. That smarts! Sonny

5 months

Sonja Gartner

This is wonderful!!! You paint with a love for these creatures, one can tell! Love the pastelly colours on the forehead and the long eyelashes, she's a beauty!

5 months

Sheree Bessey

I love this. It is hard to find artists that paint cows and wow did you ever pull this off. I am envious of your work but all the same I did set it as my picture in my desk top for inspiration. Thanks. great job. Sheree

5 months

Mary Binford Miller

Thanks so much Sheree! And a great job on your first acrylic! Wow, those are tough to do!

5 months

Orahec McDonald

your concept, if it is what i think it is, is absolutely incredibly beautiful. the painting is stunning and i can feel it...wonderful work.

5 months

david read

Spot on painting Mary,love it,you are a very cleaver artist.David READ

5 months

John

Outstanding work

5 months

Romaine Undery

Hi, I'm the administrator for the group On the Farm

, and I'd love you to add this picture to the group.

5 months

della dykes

lovely painting, it shows how much you love animals and the skill you have of portraying thier beauty

5 months

Chris O'Hoski

I had to look closer to make sure it was a painting! Outstanding work!!!

5 months

Kerry Wembridge/Ziernicki

Wow this is stunning. I love the detail and the realism. 5***** Kerry

5 months

Sue Kyte

What a delightful painting! So sweet! :-) 5*****

5 months

Tedi

I think I know this cow... It is so life like...I can almost touch the soft cold nose... 5*****s Next to everything "Rooster" cows are my favorite animals in paintings... I'm not a vegetarian but I too eat a great deal more chicken and fish than I do beef... Better for anyway!!!

4 months

alan webb

Absolutely beautiful. 5* forever.

4 months

Debbie Corr "Futurity"

he is a winner, delightful painting.

4 months

Isaura

This cow is excellent. Do you know that I collect cows- every stuff with a cow, I buy or people offer them to me. I started loving them when I went to Switzerland some years ago. You're a real master. ;y 5****** and my best wishes, Isaura

4 months

jennifer owen

love the cow i feel like i can pat it beautiful work

4 months

Riana Lombaard

Beautifully done!
Amazing use of light!
So much detail and realism.
Love your technique!

4 months

Lucinda

lovely and loose!

3 months

Marjie Z

Fantastic..great job!!

3 months

Katherine Scriffignano

You have captured her perfectly Mary. You are very talented. xx

3 months

Jenn

Ive been a vegetarian for four years now, and this reminds me why. Thanks for sharing this beautiful, thought-provoking picture :)

3 months

Ferry Reijnders

I like the red ears. Great realism, 5*****

3 months

Steven A Bove

I think it needs a better name than 87. nice work as it shows your dedication to an idea and direction in your work.

3 months

shirley seput

I think it always shows in our work when we paint what we love... I gather you LOVE cows!!! Outstanding!

3 months

Paul J. Lamoureux

Very well done.

3 months

angie pollock

a very beautiful painting .

3 months

nell

Superbly painted...I feel as though I can reach out and touch him!

3 months

Nynavic

Amazing realism. Nicely done.

3 months

Andrea Kingsley

I have always loved that expression that only cows can give- you have captured it beautifully.

2 months

egypt

this is just brilliant,i love this.

2 months

iain carstairs

A very striking picture! Did you paint from life, or a photo? It has that feeling of the morning light, loaded with dew and a little cool. Really wonderful

2 months

Heather K. Hazen

I look at cows everyday and this is absolutely wonderful. I love the detail and freshness it expresses....

2 months

Gaye Verlander

love cows, this is a lovely painting.

2 months

Phil Austen

first class work mary.....regards...phil...

2 months

chris eakr hamilton

excellent. i live next to a farm and spend hours looking at cows. we have some blue cows on the farm and they are so sweet (i think they think they are dappled horses and a cut above the rest)! really lovely piece.

2 months

Magdalena.Skrzynska

Beautiful work! The cow looks so real, but the work is absolutely artistic.

2 months

sharon grant

loved everything about this work.

2 months

dianne and bill surtees

fabulous work!!I greatly admire your ability

2 months

Will Kefauver

Great Beef!!

2 months

Gerry Street

What a stunning portrait, it says more for the cause of vegetarianism than mere words.

2 months

Christine Phillips

Wonderful, beautiful painting!! You believe you can reach out and touch him.... Almost enough to turn me vegetarian.... :)

2 months

So beautiful, this has such lovely colors and texture. Great porportions too. I love how he's so close up and fills the area up.

2 months

Emma Boyce

I love this. The light is superb. Beautiful work... love your style of painting.

2 months

gajanan

Excellent brush strokes! That sums up the entire thing. No more word to describe. Very determined and well defined strokes. Neat and clean. Beautiful color balance. Determined and powerful strokes.
Your painting reflects you personality. It shows you are well defined in you actions, you are daring in nature, and know what you do. You plan your actions and never fail, even in remote failure you accept them with courage and own up to you mistakes and never try to hide them or correct them without knowledge.

Keep up the good work.

Regards,
Gajanan

2 months

ivana

it is a great painting,i agree with everybody!

2 months

Beryl Stewart

this is beautiful not just technicaly but because it shows that they are creatures that deserve to live out their lives, and we have chosen their species for food..sad isnt it, your sweet message comes through in this painting..

2 months

rick burton

great job. love the blues in the white areas of the face. the reds on the edges of the ears. I grew up on a farm raising these.

2 months

Ingrid Macgregor

this painting is so well done!! the colours are stunning!!!

2 months

Robin Forsyth

Very beautiful portrait of a lovely looking animal. I love the light behind the ears and the blue shading on her snout. Excellent.

2 months

justshrl

Love the subject and your painterly style as well.

1 month

Natalie Michelle

This is excellent work Mary, congratulations. 5*****

1 month

tedy mazzola

fantastic work 5*

1 month

Leysan Gaziz

Brilliant.

1 month

Mark Bayliss

This is a painting that I really enjoy. Such great colour and form that perfectly catches the animal. The application is so good.

1 month

Tania M Te Moananui

Totally fantastico, awesome detail and colors well done 5++++ love its

1 month

Lucinda

i love the light through the ears.

1 month

Soman Patnaik

WOW!...I especially like the eye-lashes and the fur over the ears....really well made!

1 month

Val Lovelace

Oh Mary! Absolutely beautiful. I smelled hay looking at it and could hear the old rusted garden gate swinging open on my grandma's farm in Oklahoma. Thanks for taking me back to the country for a moment!

1 month

Evelyn Pichler

Very well done

1 month

Bedbug

wow!!!....this is brilliantly done, a very handsome cow indeed. 5*****

1 month

idhuna

cows rule yeah!
great job you did here!
x

1 month

Bhagvati Nath

Super cow, Lovely long eyelashes - I'm envious! Superb colouring, the bright red around the ears against the sun, the blue & hints of violet on the face the red ribbon is an extra touch, bringing out all the clours Very very good

1 month

katreeona

So beautiful, I love the way the sunlight hits the outer edges of the hair....gorgeous! I grew up on a farm & love cows, i used to lie on my back and they being amazingly curious used to circle me and lick my face and feet, ( they have very raspy tongues).

1 month

Neg.P

very nice,I think it is alive :)

26 days

Alan

Your style is so flowing and natural. Very easy on the eye.

23 days

Paul Waddington

A really beautiful painting Mary and looking at the cows face makes me remember more and more why I became a vegetarian. Lovely work. 5***** Paul.

20 days

Annette Robertson

I think this painting is fantastic. I love the eye lashes!!

19 days

Kimber

Very realistic!

15 days

sandra ragan

Very realistic, love the way the ears are back lit. nice glow around ears. great!

14 days

Gerda Henschke Vogel

That's a good-looking Hereford, makes a great painting and would make a great steak too.

13 days

Carmela Fuda

Stunning. I love the brushwork and the intricate details. Wonderful light effects . Looks so real.

13 days

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I am an oil painter from the United States heartland who paints for the pure joy of painting. I paint everything from children, dancers and commissioned portraits, to bison, cows and any other kind of livestock. When I paint animals I feel a deep connection to them and want to portray that in my paintings.
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