Ten days ago I made a post asking for your help. I was looking for a lovely cow with a beautiful pattern to use as a model for painting my most recent Holstein woodcarving. 🐄

u/White-Rabbit-333 offered up the gorgeous "Lily" along with some pictures. (Thank you so much 🙏🏻) The majority of comments were positive on Lily and my wife and I decided to choose our favorite as well! 🥰

I want to present to you my artistic interpretation of Lily. I make all kinds of carved and painted pine art at my store: The Witch and the Woodsman. We sell art, heirloom seeds, herbs, and other curiosities. I love making cows and other whimsical creations, but every cow I make it patterned based off of a real one.

Each carving I do is drawn, cut out, carved, hand sanded, gessoed, hand sanded, painted with at least two coats of DecoArt Americana acrylic paint, antiquing processed, sanded, and signed.

I appreciate your support, constructive criticism, and kind words.

Thanks for looking!!!

First of the month at Ouse Valley Park in northern Milton Keynes, UK