Fat Cow Studio

Pottery, photography, and mixed media art inspired by nature and the country life led by artist Cindy Cook.

About the artist

I’m a city girl who found her heart in the country. These days, I live in central Texas, raising cattle and riding horses with my husband, Steve. I’m a mom and a proud grandmother.  My four grandkids call me Birdie.

As a self-taught artist, I create instinctively, letting the land guide my hands. My pottery is mostly slab-built, textured, and often incorporates found objects, deer sheds, feathers, roots, bones, old metal and gifts from nature that I gather on daily walks. I’m drawn to raw edges, weathered patinas, and forms that carry a sense of place and spirit.

Nature is my deepest source of inspiration. It shapes my art, but also my life. I tend a small garden, keep bees, and spend quiet mornings watching the birds and photographing the world around me. My camera, like my clay, is a way of paying attention—to light, to beauty, to the fleeting wonder of the everyday.

Before this chapter, I spent nearly 40 years in the drafting and architectural design world. I still love interesting lines, old buildings, and the stories that structure can tell. But now, life is slower. I work in my studio, barefoot more often than not, surrounded by bees, blooms, birdsong and nickering horses.

My work is rustic, soulful, and a little wild. Made with intention and grounded in gratitude. Every piece of pottery, every photograph, every moment spent with my hands in the dirt is an offering.

I’m so glad you’re here. Pour yourself a cup of iced tea, take a look around, read a few stories and see where I will be with my pottery. 

Stay a while and leave me a comment introducing yourself!

 

Cindy

 SHOWS AND EVENTS:

 I am honored to have an original piece of pottery in the Wildlife silent auction, benefiting the Georgia Department of natural resourses.  Thursday, Jan. 30-31 2025.

Please visit the website www.weekendforwildlife.com

Join me April 12, 2025  in Hico Texas at Hill Country Dwellings.  I will be the featured artist. I will have lots of my pottery inspired by nature, barnyard animals and lots more surprises.  There will be food and wine!  I hope to see you there.

I am excited about this show! THE COATES WESTERN ART SHOW October 24th and 25th, at the Granbury Conference Center. A distiinguished western art exhinition and sale presented by the Granbury Arts Alliance.  Western artist from across the nation will be in attendance.  I will have my warrior sculptures and western inspired pottery.  

VIP reception is held October 24th

If you love western art,  please add this one to your calendar!

I have pop-up shows on the spur of the moment! 

Stay tuned for an open studio tour at Fat Cow Studio sip and shop very soon. 

Check back often for more events where I will be selling my pottery or making an appearance.  

 

 

 

Thank you for visiting Fat Cow Studio.

I hope you enjoyed your stay.

Galleries and Shops:

Hill Country Dwellings

Fat Cow Studio