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