....she puts the absolute  best frame on it no matter how much it costs!  I just love this frame with this calf, don't you?

8x10 Jersey Calf 

I walked in to Lynn's shop, Silver Creek Fine Art and Framing, to find this painting had a couple of frame options, Lynn was frustrated, as many choices she liked had been discontinued.  We both looked over her still vast selection, and this new one really stood out.  I am guessing it would not be one of the least expensive options, but in this case not a problem, Lynn owns the business lol!

The bronze color with the gold really brings out the colors in the calf,  and provide a wonderful contrast to the blue sky color.  I love seeing my work in the perfect frame, and I think this one is it!

As a side point, it is very difficult to get a perfectly squared photo of a painting, if it isn't framed you can just crop it so it looks squared and not miss anything, but if it's framed, well you can see here.  I either had to cut a bit off or let a bit of behind the frame show and it appears a little cockeyed, but it's not.

I am always on the lookout for reference that will become a different shape, or in this case, two pieces that when hung together create a story as one. Each of these is 16x20 making the entire piece 20x32.

20x32 (two individual 16x20)     Black Angus Straight Ahead

I had a collector commission a two piece once before, both were quite large and she was concerned that right now she has somewhere to hang a large piece, but in the future might not, so she asked for a composition where each half could stand on its own.  

I did this below for her, each are over 40 inches in width, I don't remember the height off hand but probably around 32 to 36.

I think these two Black Angus look great together, but I also could see someone hanging them a little apart, or even in different rooms and they would each be great.  How would you hang them?

I simply love how this one turned out!  Black can be a difficult thing to paint, unless you have just the right lighting that shows off their fur like I did in this one.  I took the reference photo for this piece on the ranch of friends, listening to them mooing and breathing, these two were staring right at me.

Blue seemed to be a fitting background I didn't want anything busy or distracting, it's about them.

36x48 Black Angus Cow and Calf on Blue

I should point out that I did not use any black tube of paint for this, but the blacks and grays are made from mixing blues with other colors like burnt umber and burnt sienna.  It produces a richer, more correct looking black, plus you are never mixing it exactly the same which gives some variation and interest.

I hope you love them as much as I do!