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June 18, 2005
Two Cows

A bit late friday art blogging.



Two Cows by Wolfgang Ohlhaver (detail)
40”x55”, acrylic on canvas, (full view)

Wolfgang is a former art teacher and local known artist living in my part of Hamburg. I meet him today and photographed this one. He has made a bunch of similar pictures of cows against just a white background and nearly lifesize. He is engaged in animal rights and working for better herding conditions.

Some miles north from here are the roots of these Holsteiner-Frisians, also named ‘Schwarzbunte’ (black-colorful ones). Big, pretty and peaceful animals. Those coded  markers in the left ears were introduced after the BSE panic. You will get yours with  Patriot Act III.

As a child I did seriously believe that black-white mottled cows made milk and brown-white mottled cows, uncommon in my hometown, made chocolate. I really bitched to my mother about letting me keep this believe after I milked my first brown checkered one.

Posted by b on June 18, 2005 at 16:01 UTC | Permalink
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oops. I thought I posted that link to the grazing lands article here.

Posted by: fauxreal | Jun 18 2005 20:40 utc | 1

Fine looking Moo-Moos.

Posted by: jexter | Jun 19 2005 1:12 utc | 2

No, no, brown cows are jerseys, make creamy milk, black and whites are holsteins, make more milk.

Posted by: doug r | Jun 19 2005 2:16 utc | 3

I know, I used to think brown chickens laid brown eggs.

Posted by: doug r | Jun 19 2005 2:19 utc | 4

To err is human, to moo is bovine.

Posted by: JDMcKay | Jun 19 2005 3:07 utc | 5

Q. “How now, brown cow?”
A. “Compared to what?”

Posted by: mistah charley | Jun 19 2005 13:47 utc | 6

are you a vegetarian too?
re childhood beliefs: i used to think the sun was the moon, which had turned over at night. and that all cats were girls, and that all dogs were boys.

Posted by: hello | Jun 20 2005 3:29 utc | 7

Thanks for jumping over (to) the Moon, Wolfgang. Nice work!

Posted by: beq | Jun 20 2005 13:51 utc | 8

when my son ask me if the cows had horns i tried explaining how the cows had the milk and the bulls had the horns( and the penises) and then he ask me if all the rhinoceroses had penises…..

Posted by: annie | Jun 20 2005 16:22 utc | 9

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