Uniquely is a Tribune series that covers the moments, landmarks and personalities that define what makes living in SLO County so special. Stomp around San Luis Obispo County long enough and you’ll ...

Artist Carol Paulsen paints a scene of Harmony on a fiberglass cow on July 22. The CowParade public art demonstration at last year’s California Mid-State Fair was a prelude to the countywide display ...

Paula MacLeod has grout in her hair. The Durham-based mosaic artist steps back to survey the white flank of a cow sculpture, covered with jagged chunks of broken Vietri dishes and crockery, ungrouted.

After a successful career painting cows across the country, Nancy Bass's artwork is being featured in her hometown of Peoria for the first time. Her oil paintings, inspired by her farming past and ...