High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Gladys the Swiss Dairy Cow, also known simply as "Gladys", is a locally well-known work of public art in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Gladys was created and has been continuously updated by artist/owner James Lebinski since August 2002. The underlying sculpture is a fiberglass Swiss dairy cow, and is the same shape and size as the famous CowParade cows.