Evelyne Morisot (1943–2018) was born in Paris, France, where she studied at the Academie Julian, the Atelier de la Grande Chaumiere, and the Ecole Superieure des Beaux Arts before choosing to trust her own instincts over formal instruction. In the early 1970s, she crossed the Atlantic with her dachshund Parsifal and settled in a SoHo loft in New York City during its formative and electric artistic years. There she married jazz percussionist David Earle Johnson, and together they raised four children: Jonathan, Thalia, Thelonious, and Theodora.

In the 1980s, the family moved to upstate New York, where Morisot found the landscape that would shape her life’s work. Rolling pastures, weathered barns, and grazing cows became her muse. For Morisot, "Cows represent a symbol of positive earth. It's like a magical consciousness of what earth is," she explained. She saw them as "a sculpture, within which is a landscape," their powerful structure an expression of human emotion.

Across six series, her brush followed the rhythm of the cows, each stroke refelcting their movement and letting shape, color, and line carry their presence. Gradually, these figures transformed into forms of energy and structure, moving from vivid realism to vibrant abstraction.

Morisot's work was featured in a project for UNESCO and resides in private collections worldwide. She herself was vibrant, warm, energetic, and deeply curious. She approached her work through feeling and intention, letting them guide each stroke. She painted not for recognition, but to remain in tune through the work itself.