Highland Cow Wall Art

What a highland cow brings to a room

The fringe does most of the work. A highland cow peers out from under a long shaggy coat that hangs over the eyes, and the look back is calm with a hint of comedy. The breed is Scottish, native to the Highlands and the Western Islands, and exceptionally hardy.

Two layers sit on the animal: an oily outer coat of long hair, with a downy undercoat beneath. No other cattle breed grows an outer layer that long. Horns appear on both sexes, so a wide pair above the fringe stops you at the end of a hallway. Highland cow wall art gives a plain dining room or a study a face worth looking up at.

Realistic look or painted look, color or black and white

Most of the range is realistic in style: a head and shoulders against plain white, a tight crop that fills the frame with the fringe and the eye, or animals out in fog, snow, frost and open moor. The rest are painted, ranging from soft washes on a white ground to a tonal bust set against warm stone.

Coats on the page run red, russet, copper, blonde, cream, brown and black. Where a room is gray or white, close to a third of the designs are black and white and settle in without a fight. All of it belongs to the Mane & Moor collection, our own house brand for highland cattle and horse art.

Calves for a nursery and pairs on one wall

Some designs include calves, and those suit a nursery first, along with the palest pieces on white. A pair above a dresser keeps a small room soft.

Scale decides the rest. A close crop holds its detail at 24 x 36 in and can carry the wall above a sofa or a bed. A highland cow picture of the whole animal in snow or fog reads better small, in a hallway or on a stair wall. Pairs suit a long wall.

Other animals can share the wall. The animal wall art collection covers the wider range, and the horse wall art range suits a study or a hallway.

Choosing a format and size

Highland cow wall art is sold as an art print, a framed print or a canvas. The art print arrives unframed, as an archival giclée on 200gsm matte paper, or textured etching paper as an upgrade, in sizes from 18 x 24 in to 40 x 60 in.

The framed print puts the same art behind clear acrylic in a slim wood frame, available in oak look, black or white, and it reaches you ready to hang. A white mat is optional.

Canvas is built on a 400gsm base, wrapped around a stretcher about 1.5 in deep. Mirrored edges keep the picture on the front. A float frame is an option, in oak look, black or white, and canvas ships without hanging hardware. Sizes range from 12 x 16 in to 40 x 60 in.

Sizes are not universal. A shape is listed only when the design fills it, and the preview shows what prints. A tight crop suits the largest size your wall allows, while a whole animal in weather reads better small. The wall art range gives you pieces to sit alongside these.