Title: Cowbell Location: Northland Fountain Park-Vivion and N. Oak Trafficway Artist: Melissa Dehner Sponsor: DeLaval Inc. Cowbell came about a year ago when Ms. Dehner was reading about the cows coming to KC in the Kansas City Star. She heard about the other shows in other cities and always thought that painting a cow would be such a unique experience. She had done an illustration about 8 months before that entitled Cowbell which was a visual pun. “I thought to myself how perfect would that be translated onto a cow? So a year later . . . here she is.” During the 111 hours of painting, the artist’s mother, Cowbell’s biggest fan, developed breast cancer and has been undergoing several surgeries. In her mother’s honor, and for all people that have been touched by this disease, Ms. Dehner painted a small pink ribbon on the front hoof. The front hoof symbolizes hope that we keep stepping forward to find a cure for breast cancer.				This cow was sold in the internet auction hosted by Amazon.com that began on October 5, 2001, immediately following the close of the live auction and ran for approximately three weeks. Send a Postcard

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