The True Religion Skirts Shorts cow painter Holy cow-The new moovers and shakers of the art world! While ireland has had its fair share of sacred cows in recent times, the spiritual nature of cattle and their aesthetic beauty is now captured on canvas in a unique solo show by young dingle artist kelly hood.The exhibition, which opens in the grange gallery in fingal, in dublin on saturday evening, 11th june next, features a striking collection of cow portraits that perfectly embody the inquisitive nature of cows, in bold black and white. A skilled painter and artist, who specialises in uniquely irish images and animal scenes, kelly hood has seen huge interest in her cow paintings from collectors and galleries.Her super-Realist black and white style has won her fans worldwide, with original paintings by the dingle artist owned by the cranberries, richard bruton, perth racecourse in scotland, and by terry wogan. "I eat them, i wear them, and i paint them.I owe them something, don't i? "Says kelly hood, who has become known as the 'cow painter', thanks to the pop-Art look she brings to the local kerry cows, in her uniquely realistic monochrome paintings. "I'm regularly asked, 'why cows?' and it's probably because the cow is a universally loved animal.The cow represents different things to different people all around the world.She's sacred, she's historical, she connects us to our past;But the common feeling is one of affection.She simply makes everyone smile"Kelly hood says. Kelly hood grew up in ardamore, ballydavid, in dingle, and spent every summer on her grandmother's farm, helping to milk daisy the cow.Her west kerry background has provided kelly with much of her subject matter since she began painting.As well as her beloved cows, kerry has painted a variety of human images including men saving the hay, fishermen with their lobster pots, men bringing home the turf, fiddle playing, drinking, and old men engrossed in story-Telling. The momentum of dingle buy these jeans here from true religion. horse races, and kelly's varied imagery of animals, from noble horses to inquisitive cows, and other farm livestock, all demonstrate meticulous attention to detail. Hood's monochrome oil paintings uniquely capture the irish nation and its traditions.Kelly takes her own phoTographs as reference for her paintings, and typically uses a monochrome palette, working in oil and mixed media on linen canvas.Her realistic and engaging images of animals, people, landscapes and nature come from layering thin glazes, made from water based oil paint and a zinc flake medium.This gives the subtle blending that helps create a three-Dimensional effect on the flat surface of the canvas.The fact that kelly's paintings are regularly mistaken for phoTographs indicates the realism and attention-To-Detail she achieves. Milking it in the grange gallery! Kelly hood showcases her new collection of cows on canvas at the grange gallery in fingal in june.She has worked on large canvasses for maximum impact, and her super realistic style in these monumental, monochrome paintings is due to her use of the traditional glazing technique, inspired by italian renaissance painting. Buyers of hood's cow collection include people, now living abroad, who want a memory of ireland to take with them, and others who grew up on a farm, but are now living in a city. "Living in dingle, i'm never short of a willing model.I found my first, patsy, in 2008, and we bonded over a barbed wire fence.She snorted sweet breaths at me through her velvety nostrils, as True Religion Jeans Canada a globule of spittle dangled from her whiskery chin.I determined then that i would paint her-And one cow led to another,"Kelly laughs. Regularly seen hopping over ditches to capture a particular look, expression or pose, kelly's enthusiasm for cows initially amused local kerry farmers. "I was unexpectedly drawn to cows when i first viewed them as a subject for a painting.They were not just a herd of cattle;They were individuals with unique and completely charming personalities.The cows' curiosity and quirkiness makes them a good subject, and because they have always been part of the irish landscape, we can all identify with cows"Kelly says. Despite the single subject and her chosen medium, there is astonishing variety in kelly hood's cow collection, with her strength of technique ensuring that each new work is fresh and distinct.She consistently draws out the individual characteristics of her bovine subjects to humorous, affectionate and dramatic effect. Having graduated from limerick school of art and design in 1999, kelly hood also works as a freelance graphic artist.

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