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CowParade Cow

"On WisCOWnsin (Bovine Bucky)" was found greeting visitors in front of the Red Gym's Visitor Center on the UW campus from June 3 ~ Oct. 13, 2006. She was generously sponsored by the University of Wisconsin, and was sold (at the live auction) to the University Bookstore in Madison. More at CowParade Wisconsin

(from design to completion–see the progression below)
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1. The Design:
"On WisCOWnsin (Bovine Bucky)"

2. The blank canvas

3 Getting the white out (cream base coat)

4.Badger markings

5. Face completed

6. Bucky tattoo

7. Getting the red in

8. Body so far

9. "Do these stripes make me look...big?

10. So many choices! What's a heifer to do?

11. Pretty sketchy....

12. Becoming a Brown Swiss

13. Zuzu proclaims "The cow's done! Time to play!!"

14.Bucky's brand

15. Shoes make the heifer

16. All dressed up and ready for town!

17. Still life with cow and farm vehicles

18. Checking out the farm

19. Going out to pasture (Blue Mounds in distance)

20. Off to Madison to join the other 100 CowParade cows!

To find out Madison's CowParade events and dates this summer, go to CowParade Wisconsin!

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