Sir Loin, Buttercup, Violet, Electra...

...what's will Sage Tucker-Ketcham's cow be named?

My good friend Sage shared some of her artwork as well as her work-in-progress cow at the Shelburne Art Center last night.

"By the time she's done, artist Sage Tucker-Ketcham will have volunteered 50 hours applying acrylic paint to one bovine temporarily residing at the Shelburne Art Center. The pink-and-bright-blue-swirl-covered cow will pasture in the village green starting May 1. Cows like this one are sponsored by business owners and individuals as part of the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce's "Cows Come Home to Burlington." Two weeks ago, the gray-primed, fiberglass cows arrived as blank 3D canvases in 35 locations to be painted by local artists. They will be on display from May to September and be put up for auction at the end of the season. Partial proceeds will benefit local programs of the Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger. Chamber Regional Marketing and Tourism Director Matt McMahon said, "We were impressed by the number of responses and the ingenuity put into each submission. I think some of these cows are really going to surprise visitors and locals alike with their creativity." -Lynn Monty, Burlington Free Press

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100331/NEWS02/3310313/Vermont-cows-head-to-barn-for-art-charity

Miss Sage

Some of her smaller pieces:

Sage selected some bright colors and organic patterns to cover her cow.