These cows, Oreos, belong to a friend in Eastport,Maine. I painted them after painting a series of endangered animals. While I was painting the cows, it occurred to me that these animals are usually slaughtered! So, endangered or slaughtered. The thought influenced the way I painted the cows. I was thinking of a famous painting of a scream, and made a cow somewhat screaming... These are the lucky ones though, my friend has no intention of slaughtering them!