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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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Wednesday, July 27
New calf painting, a guernsey this time, by Denise Rich
by
therichartist
on Wed 27 Jul 2005 08:07 AM PDT
I have been fortunate enough to
find some Guernsey's near enough to drive and get reference photos
of. Here is the first painting from a recent visit to a very nice
person's ranch (thank you so much, Linda!) where I am free to roam
about taking pictures of both Guernseys and Texas Longhorns to my
hearts content.
This little calf was full of life and personality, on one of the hottest days of the year when most were staying in the shade, she came out to frollick and clown for the camera. I painted her with a little bit of tongue sticking out because it just seemed right, she was so cute and silly.  "Raspberries to you" this painting is sold Available in print, click here for purchase information. |
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