"What attitude?"
12 by 16 oil on canvas
This painting is sold
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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, August 31
"What Attitude?" Holstein cow painting
by
therichartist
on Wed 31 Aug 2005 07:58 PM PDT
The finishing touches are in, here is the completed painting:
"What attitude?" 12 by 16 oil on canvas This painting is sold
"Queen of the Hill" Holstein oil painting
by
therichartist
on Wed 31 Aug 2005 07:51 PM PDT
I painted the Hereford cow titled "King of the Hill", here is another regal
bovine being, this one is titled "Queen of the Hill" and pictures a
Holstein lady lounging on a grassy green hill with dried hills of
recently baled hay behind her in San Pasqual valley.
 "Queen of the Hill" 1 This painting is sold.
commission in progress
by
therichartist
on Wed 31 Aug 2005 08:33 AM PDT
Here is a
commisson in progress, Dale and his cow Molly. This is Molly as
she was about to give birth to twin calves, at around midnight. I
really like the dramatic lighting in this poignant piece, but it makes
it a challenge to paint. I am actually working with three copies
of this photo, adjusted differently with brightness and contrast so I
can see some detail.
 11 by 14 on linen. september 7 progress update:  september 30, the finished painting:  Tuesday, August 30
Finally, a Jersey cow painting, finished
by
therichartist
on Tue 30 Aug 2005 09:51 AM PDT
I finally had a chance to
photograph some Jersey cows. Here is the first painting from the photos I took at K and F Dairy in El Centro, thank
you Tom!
 A fourth addition to my growing calf collection. oil on masonite. This painting is sold Available in print click here. Sunday, August 7
A new Holstein cow painting, "Uptown Girl"
by
therichartist
on Sun 07 Aug 2005 06:11 PM PDT
I know you Holstein fans are
wondering what's going on, interlopers have taken the spotlight off and
on, and I admit, I will be sharing time with some of the other
breeds. Well, it's your turn again, and here is one I'm
very pleased with and would like to think is small but mighty, This
painting is called "Uptown Girl" because she looks to me like she is
something special.
 oil on masonite This painting is sold. Available in print, click here for purchase information.
Hereford cow painting, clockwork orange eye.
by
therichartist
on Sun 07 Aug 2005 12:57 PM PDT
I love this painting of a Hereford
cow, the shadow from the eyelashes reminds me of the promo photos for
the movie "A Clockwork Orange" which I never did see, and have no idea
what it is about, but I named the painting after it anyway.
 12 by 16 oil on canvas this painting is sold. Available in print click here for purchase information. Monday, August 1
Dairy Cows paintings expanding, another new Guernsey painting.
by
therichartist
on Mon 01 Aug 2005 08:28 AM PDT
Here is another beautiful
Guernsey. I love the lighting in this
painting. (Thanks again, Linda for letting me visit your ranch!)
 10 by 10 inches, oil on canvas this painting is sold Available in print, for purchase information click here. |
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