COWS
Original oil paintings by Todd Bonita (6x6") $600 each.
COWS
Original oil on wood panels by Todd Bonita. (6x6") $600 each.
When I moved to Greenland, NH in 2004 I painted at a neighbors cow farm about a mile down the road, and as a result, a lot of my first paintings in New Hampshire were farm pictures. I wanted to add some of the cows to my plein air farm paintings so I returned to photograph them, thinking I would add them in the paintings when I got back to the studio. I learned that cows will look at you and come towards you when you attempt to photograph them. Despite my plea for them to act natural, I came home with more than fifty photos of cows looking at me. Not what I was looking for but instead I found them to be charming portraits, whimsical and even more real and natural than the poses I was originally looking for. I painted one and hung it in my studio by my palette, not really thinking much of it until sometime after hundreds of hours painting at my easel, I found that over time, the odd stair of the cow watching me paint had affected my disposition in a positive way. It made me feel good, whimsical, light and encouraged me to not take it all so seriously. Maybe painters spend too much time alone, LOL. In any case, painting these cow mugs makes me feel light and I enjoy the technical challenge of portraiture and getting a likeness and the spirit of them. I hope you will too.
Original oil on wood panels by Todd Bonita. (6x6") $600 each.
When I moved to Greenland, NH in 2004 I painted at a neighbors cow farm about a mile down the road, and as a result, a lot of my first paintings in New Hampshire were farm pictures. I wanted to add some of the cows to my plein air farm paintings so I returned to photograph them, thinking I would add them in the paintings when I got back to the studio. I learned that cows will look at you and come towards you when you attempt to photograph them. Despite my plea for them to act natural, I came home with more than fifty photos of cows looking at me. Not what I was looking for but instead I found them to be charming portraits, whimsical and even more real and natural than the poses I was originally looking for. I painted one and hung it in my studio by my palette, not really thinking much of it until sometime after hundreds of hours painting at my easel, I found that over time, the odd stair of the cow watching me paint had affected my disposition in a positive way. It made me feel good, whimsical, light and encouraged me to not take it all so seriously. Maybe painters spend too much time alone, LOL. In any case, painting these cow mugs makes me feel light and I enjoy the technical challenge of portraiture and getting a likeness and the spirit of them. I hope you will too.