Foster's Showcase Article

Opticow received the honor of another article in Foster's Daily. (Thank you to Kristan at Showcase for tracking me down!) It ran alongside an articel featuring Beaman Cole and his two Boston Cow Parade bovines, "Tea Party Cow," and "Leav'n Town Cow." Check it out at www.fosters.com in the Showcase section.

Here's the text from the article on Opticow, and my photos that they published.

Thursday, May 11, 2006
Second New Hampshire artist selected for CowParade

Portsmouth designer Lisa Andreasen has also been selected as one of 100 artists to paint a cow for the Boston CowParade. The life-sized fiberglass sculptures will be on parade in select Boston locations from June 3 through September 5.

At the conclusion of the public display, the cows will be rounded up and sold to the highest bidders when CowParade Boston holds a public auction on September 21 to raise funds to support the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The live auction will be followed by an internet auction. Cow Parade is an international public art event that raises money to support local charities. More information is available at www.cowparade.com.

Lisa Andreasen is a 1999 graduate of Merrimack High School, and received her bachelors degree in Studio art, concentrating in graphic design and photography, from the School of Art at Messiah College in 2003.

She resides with her husband in Manchester, and is a graphic designer at Rumbletree, an advertising agency in Portsmouth. Andreasen serves on the volunteer youth staff at Christ's Church of Amherst and is also involved in missions work in Namibia, Africa though the church. The CowParade is a great opportunity for her to combine what she loves: making art and helping those in need. Andreasen's cow, titled "Opticow Illusion," is covered in black and white lines that create the illusion of three-dimensional forms.

Visit http://lisaandreasen.blogspot.com/ to view the photos of the painting process of "Opticow Illusion."

Photos Courtesy of Lisa Andreasen