Dairy cow of the MRIJ (Maas-Rijn-IJssel) breed; a breed that has almost disappeared from the Dutch landscape.
Grazed behind and stabled in front of my house, located on a floodplain along the river Maas.
It is not impossible that I was instrumental in the birth of one or more of her calves.
Technique: acrylic on canvas.
The size is 40 x 50 cm.
Groningen-based painter, illustrator and author Wim Romijn enjoys international fame as a horse painter. He also paints farm animals and wildlife. His designs and illustrations served to make greetings cards, calendars, posters, embroidery kits, portfolios and giclées.
In the picture books Het Werkpaard (1990), the..
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