Description

A brown cow painting on a rich gold background for the kitchen, country decor or western home decor. This sweet cow was mostly painted with a palette knife for a rich, thickly textured oil painting.



The mature female of the breed is called a 'cow'. The age of a cow is determined by the teeth and by the horns. The male is a bull calf and if left intact becomes a bull - if it is castrated he becomes a steer. In about two or three years he grows to an ox. The young female is a heifer calf and becomes a cow. In some breeds both sexes have horns, such as the Danish Red, White Park, Highlander and Texas Longhorn. Cattle grow with horns to protect themselves from predators and other dangers, although in the dairy this is unnecessary. Horns can be a danger to the animals as well as farm workers and machinery, so horns are removed from dairy cows. Cows that have their horns removed are called polled.



This cow painting has been featured in several Fine Art America groups including

Five Star Artist

Premium FAA Artists

Images That Excite

Beauty in Art

Artists Cards - Fine Art Greeting Cards

The World We See Group

Created By My Hands

Square Art World

Art Forever With You



The cow print is also available with a soft plain blue or beige background and in a rectangle shape in my Cow Paintings Gallery.

I have many similar cows (including the Hereford Cow) and animal paintings to browse. Just click on my name (above left) and go to my Animal Paintings Gallery.