Welcome
to cowsoncanvas.com–
the website of Jackie Spurrier.
I started painting cows in 2002 after meaningful chat with a Hereford in a field in Norfolk. We (me and the cow, Spike) bonded over a barbed wire fence. She snorted sweet breaths at me through her velvety nostrils as a globule of spittle dangled from her whiskery chin. I determined then that I would paint her and one cow lead to another.
In my studio in Somerset I can hear the cows mooing in the surrounding fields and often they thunder down the road followed by the low throb of a Landrover. This feeds my passion for painting my bovine friends. I prefer to think of my paintings as portraits, capturing the inquisitive nature of the animals.
I hope you enjoy meeting the cows on this website. If you really like them, you can buy prints and originals via the website.
Please contact me if you have any queries, or would like to discuss a commission.
Dorset Art Weeks start on May 24th 2008 for 16 days. The cows will be at Bramble and Sage farm shop in Sutton Montis ( www.brambleandsage.co.uk) and Boywood Farm, Mappowder. Come and visit Jackie and the cows and the other 800 artists exhibiting in Dorset - it will be fun!!