Whilst looking through social media, I've recently been increasingly drawn to images of the country more and more as I get older, reflecting on my childhood in the Qld bush. That pang urging me back towards that familiar landscape of my childhood of wide-open spaces, dry grass and red dust. The jersey cow was one of my favourite breeds as a child and I loved their soft brown eyes and turned up noses. I can still feel the smooth soft fur of my pet cow. Her name was Daisy - she was a tiny jersey with the eyes of an angel and was particularly gifted at escapism. It seems this group of Jersey's may well be keeping watch, as Daisy shuffles under the barbed wire fence!
This painting was created in Feb 2017.