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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, November 29
Double Trouble Holstein Calves painting, new
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therichartist
on Wed 29 Nov 2006 12:53 PM PST
 Here comes trouble, times two. A couple of cautious calves, curiosity getting the better of them as they watch. This painting has rich color and a very painterly style.  I think this painting looks great in a dark wood frame as shown here, it really accentuates the high contrasts. "Double Trouble" sold
Herefords on a roll, not that kind of roll!
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therichartist
on Wed 29 Nov 2006 12:39 PM PST
My daughter and I often talk about our dream house. It as she described to me again this morning it is " on a big hill with a view, and a big flat area below that we would fence in for the cows and one small area for a pig." She added the pig to the scene this morning. It will be a pet, I'm told. I like it, but my husband might not be impressed when all of the animals are pets, and none of them will end up on a bun with bbq sauce! (roll).
 Herefords are on a roll, this means I've been painting a few of them, number two today is titled "It's good to be Queen!". This is Her Royal Highness, Queen of the Pasture if ever I saw it, just look at that regal head carriage, that crown of horns held high, the slight look down the nose at her subjects, OK, at me. Anyway I get a kick out of her attitude, this was fun to paint and is one of my favorites. This painting is sold, available as canvas giclee/fine art print here.
Howard's Heifer returns, new oil painting
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therichartist
on Wed 29 Nov 2006 12:27 PM PST
 This very cute Hereford Heifer that I had a photo session with is turning up in a number of paintings/future paintings. Here is one of them, number two in her personal gallery. The title of this painting is "I'm just a Girl..." as in the No Doubt song of course, "I'm just a girl all pretty and petite" it continues. OK, by most standards she's not petite, but if you had seen her mother... "I'm just a Girl..." Sold |
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