Pictured from L to R: Lucy Peveto, Allison Gregory, Gio DiZurita and Taylor Lane.
More of these artists’ work can be seen at AnArte Gallery in the Collection on Broadway.
A Canvas for Compassion
Women Artists Lead the Herd in CowParade San Antonio 2025
By Shelbi Young | Photography by Paola Longoria
This summer, San Antonio’s streets have transformed into a vibrant, open-air art gallery with over 70 life-sized, artist-transformed cows dotting the city as part of CowParade San Antonio 2025, presented by IBC Foundation.
These colorful sculptures aren’t just for show, they’re raising awareness and critical funds for CHRISTUS Children’s, the region’s first and only freestanding hospital solely dedicated to the care of children and expectant women. The cows will be auctioned in September, with proceeds supporting critical programs like cardiac and critical care, child life services and music therapy.
At the heart of this campaign are 70+ local artists, including four visionary women artists, Lucy Peveto, Allison Gregory, Taylor Lane and Gio DiZurita, who are each using their talents to inspire joy, reflection and healing for the children of South Texas.
Allison Gregory: Good MOOd
A CowParade veteran and CowParade San Antonio’s lead artist, Allison Gregory brings her dynamic style to Good MOOd, a bold and cheerful sculpture alive with swirling color and expressive energy. Known for her vibrant palette and abstract forms, Gregory’s work celebrates positivity, which she believes is essential in both art and life.
“For me, this cow was about creating joy,” Gregory shares. “When kids and families walk by it, I want them to feel uplifted—even if just for a moment.”
Her playful design is rooted in optimism and imagination, matching the hopeful spirit of CHRISTUS Children’s and the resilience of the young patients it serves.
Lucy Peveto: MOOving Migrations
Former attorney turned artist Lucy Peveto uses her work to explore the connection between emotion, creativity and spirituality. Her personal symbol, the butterfly, represents transformation, grace and the beauty of rebirth. Her cow, MOOving Migrations, celebrates the powerful journey of the monarch butterfly, which passes through San Antonio on its annual migration.
“Blending the grounded and serene nature of the cow with the lightness of flight, I hope to honor San Antonio’s spirit of movement and connection,” Peveto says.
Using delicate metallic leaf, resin and paper-thin wings, her work invites viewers to reflect on both fragility and strength.
“I want my art to be a reminder that we all have the potential to transform and rise.”
Taylor Lane: La Disco Vaquera
Taylor Lane is a single mom who turns to art as a powerful outlet to process trauma, celebrate triumph and navigate life’s challenges. Between working as a magazine editor and raising her daughter, she still finds time to channel her story and energy into what she calls “controlled chaos” on canvas.
Her cow, La Disco Vaquera, “is a celebration of Vaquero traditions, Texas landscapes and Fiesta spirit,” Lane explains.
Painted with blooming prickly pear cacti in golden yellows and sunset oranges, sprouting sotol plants and vaquero boot stitching along the neck and head, the cow honors tradition while gleaming with playful modernity. The dazzling mirrored saddle and horns reflect San Antonio’s love for celebration and connection.
Gio DiZurita: Artemisa
Artist Gio DiZurita uses her work as a visual exploration of mental health, diving deep into the human mind’s balance of chaos and calm, darkness and light. Her cow, Artemisa, is no exception. It’s layered, emotional and symbolic; an invitation for viewers to pause, reflect and reconnect with their own inner world.
“I wanted to create a cow that inspires people to dream,” DiZurita says. “Beyond materialistic objectives and societal expectations, we must never forget to strive for one thing in life: to create our Heaven on Earth.”
Like much of DiZurita’s work, Artemisa celebrates quiet resilience and vulnerability as powerful, transformative forces.
Through the eyes and creations of Lucy Peveto, Allison Gregory, Taylor Lane and Gio DiZurita, CowParade reminds us that art can do more than captivate—it can heal. And this summer in San Antonio, that healing is happening one beautiful bovine at a time. Whether you’re snapping selfies with the cows, discovering them with your kids or simply admiring their messages of hope and healing, you are part of something greater.
A live auction of the cows will be held in September followed by an online auction in the fall, offering continued opportunities to support CHRISTUS Children’s and the future of pediatric health care in South Texas.
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