Denise Rich, aka The Rich Artist
Cow, Cowboy and Rodeo Western Original Oil Paintings by award winning artist, Denise Rich.
The Official Happy Cow Artist
Best known for her bovine renditions, with unique compositions and contemporary views, Denise has combined her love of animals and art in oil for the past 20 years. Denise's focus for the past several years has been cows because "Cows make me smile. I seriously can't look at one and hold back a smile. I don't just see an animal, I see a personality, and that is what I am working to present in my paintings of cows." In 2006 Denise received a commission from the California Milk Advisory Board to paint their famous Happy Cows of the Real California Milk campaign. This led to becoming "The Official Happy Cow Artist", as seen on their website. Her creative process begins with field work, taking reference photos. Cows being a favorite subject means "field work" can be taken literally, and involves careful stepping! With a signature "painterly realism" style Denise breathes life into her subjects, often bringing viewer comments of how "you could just reach out and touch them" and "I expect them to mooo".

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View Article  California Cows Original Oil Painting (by Denise Rich)
"Grazing on a sunny afternoon"  is the latest in the Holstein Cow category, but it is already spoken for, purchased right off of the easel before I had a chance to post it.   


This painting has been sold.



View Article  San Diego Art by San Diego Artist Denise Rich...Girls on the Beach
One of my favorite subjects (besides cows) are children.  This painting is number four in a series I have done of girls playing in the waves at the beach.   The original reference photo for this painting was taken at dog beach in Ocean Beach.   This scene brings forth memories of growing up in San Diego, summer at the beach, the feeling of waves splashing against you.  I remember how after spending the day doing that, I could still feel phantom waves splashing against me even after I went home.




16 by 20  oil on stretched canvas
Private collection of the artist.

View Article  Holstein cow original oil painting portrait 16 by 20 new!
"I'm ready for my close up...."  I love those cow faces, this one looks like she is about to walk right out of the painting right at you.   This portrait is more towards realistic in style but still has a painterly quality.  


Oil on stretched canvas.  16 by 20
update 4-19, This painting has been sold.
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View Article  8 by 10 Holstein Painting, "two's company" ...

"two's company", with two Holsteins together as a third looks on, they actually do a lot of looking I notice.
Calling my painting style "painterly realism", sometimes it is more painterly, as with smaller works like this one, sometimes it is more realism as with the larger pieces. 
We have had an unusual amount of rain in San Diego these past few months, resulting in much glee among the bovine population.  This painting is from a recent photo and grazing is high on the list of
my models!

 4/13-This painting is sold.



View Article  Holy Holstein, new 16 by 20 painting...
...sold before I had a chance to finish it.  This is my latest work, just finished early this week.  One of my collectors purchased this painting before I had a chance to clean my brushes!  I love the cow on the left, she has that little cap of black hair that looks to me like a certain religious head adornment so I had to call this painting Holy Holstein.  I will be posting another large work for sale here early next week.  Cheers!