From the Monday, June 10th San Diego Union Tribune:

"SAN DIEGO — Antibodies from cows may provide a new source of drugs for human diseases such as AIDS, according to a study led by Scripps Research Institute scientists."  

Naturally this news made the cover of the scientific journal Cell, which then needed an appropriate cover image, which led the senior author Vaughn V. Smider to me!  As Mr. Smider told the UT in the article "Cow artist meet scientific journal" , "When our article got accepted I went online to look for 'cow art' for the cover," Smider said. "Low and behold, one of the most popular cow artists (and there are not many) lives right here! I put our mAb on her painting with Photoshop."

I think the cover turned out great!

You can read the original article from June 10 UT San Diego Here.

You can read the article about making the cover Here.

I just learned that the markings on this calf's face are called "Brockle", and for some reason that has made me really happy!  Webster's online dictionary says Brockle Faced is ": an animal having blotches of colored hair on an otherwise white face".  And so this new 6"x8" painting is "Brockle Faced Calf Study"