HolyGreenCow - Current work

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Current work, studio notes and what comes next.

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Studio updates & works in progress

Self-portrait painting using vivid Fauvist colour
Self-portrait attempting Fauvism
Recent pencil portrait study, July 2026
Pencil portrait · July 2026
Studio note

Recent Work and the Next Painting

August 2026

A self-portrait attempting Fauvism, and a pencil portrait from July. Next I’m starting a small study for a larger painting planned for later this year: a Birdsville scene with HolyGreenCow, Buddha and Jesus. I’m also heading to Rockhampton to visit the gallery that recently showed my work.

Nothing grand to announce. Just the next few things.

Sixteen Years. Still Here.

December 2025
Masked HolyGreenCow anniversary dinner marking sixteen years

Sixteen years of HolyGreenCow. I rebuilt the site to hold the work in one place: photography, music, ceramics, writing and the novel in progress. It is an almanac more than a portfolio — still growing and still a little strange.

Visit the Bio/CV page for full exhibition history and press coverage.

Studio Updates on Instagram

Ongoing
HolyGreenCow Instagram

Studio experiments, writing progress, ceramic pieces and bits of the archive also turn up on Instagram.

@holygreencow_ian_pool →

HolyGreenCow Chronicles – Novel in Progress

Ongoing · 2025–2026
Writing HolyGreenCow Chronicles

Drafting the first manuscript of HolyGreenCow Chronicles: Buddha and Jesus leave humanity behind in a Birdsville pub, and HolyGreenCow is sent in as the bewildered replacement witness. It grew from a 2016 sketch and several much older songs.

A synopsis, short excerpt and the original sketch are on the Read page.

Cats Exhibition – Bundaberg 2025

2025
CATS exhibition, Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery

Work shown at Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery as part of Cats. Because the archive was clearly suffering from a shortage of cats.

Four Releases on Spotify

2024–2025
HolyGreenCow music on Spotify

Two Animal Boy albums and two U-then8 albums are streaming on Spotify — music from the band years and the noisy beginnings of HolyGreenCow.

Visit the Hear page to explore albums and archival videos.

Previous Work & Exhibitions

2009–2024
They Came series

They Came series acquired by Artbank, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, and regional collections. Earlier exhibitions, group shows and photographic series remain in the Look and Bio/CV sections.

Full exhibition history available on the Bio/CV page.

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