About Jackie

My official art education was at City of Bath College in 2000, when I studied for a Foundation Diploma in Art and Design. I fell in love with drawing and painting on a large scale and have been lucky enough to be able to follow my heart and make a career from it.

I have been painting cows since 2002. It started with Spike and Rio. To my surprise, I had so many positive comments and people offering to buy them that I decided to paint a whole exhibition of cows for Somerset Art Week in 2004. To my astonishment, I sold the lot and so proved that there is demand from the cow-art-loving community.

I paint in my studio in Sherborne, Dorset having gone out into the fields in search of the perfect cow. Often I am given tip-offs by friends and customers who have spotted some good ones. My cow painting output is somewhat tempered by looking after my two gorgeous children, but I grab every opportunity I can to get into the studio and enjoy the colours and textures I can create whilst developing the personality of the cow.