Hand Painted Cow Hide

Stripes as dark as tree bark, running the whole length of the animal.

This hand painted cow hide is a contemporary work from Eccentric Luxuries for Primitive. Rugs cut from a single hide keep the outline of the animal, and the painter's task is to make something new inside that familiar shape. Here long upright strokes of charcoal, rust and cream sit side by side from one end to the other, soft-edged and irregular. It reads more like a stand of trunks than a cow. It spans 119 inches wide and 94 long.

A forest you are allowed to walk on.