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Have you ever wondered how my mom got to be such a talented painter? The reason just came to me today.
I used to live on a dairy farm. My dad kept Holstein cows - the black and white ones. He registered them. Part of the registration process was to show what the cow looks like. Each animal's black and white spots are unique – kind of like fingerprints.
The registration form had the profile of the cow (left & right). It was my mom’s job to draw the cow's spots on the form. This could get a little challenging as occasionally we’d get a cow that looked like a Dalmatian.
This was all free hand drawing. I figure all the practice drawing cow spots, is what gave her the talent to paint so elegantly.
Posted by Ted at December 26, 2003 8:13 PM