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.
Living in Dorset, I am never short of a willing model. Peering over a five bar gate or hedge, the inquisitive cows are keen to provide a snort and a dribble at the camera lens. I prefer to think of my paintings as portraits, trying to capture the cow's personality whilst exploring their colour and texture.
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.
There will be two big cow exhibitions in September - the first at Rook Lane Arts in Frome for Somerset Art Weeks starting on September 19th. The second will be at Baxters Gallery, Dartmouth starting on October 23rd. Please email me if you would like to be sent an invitation to either of these : jackie@cowsoncanvas.com