"Howard's Heifer" first stage, "Howard's Heifer" completed painting
18 BY 24 inches, this painting is sold and on
her way to her new home.
The photo on the right shows her full of rich colors in a lush landscape.
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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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Monday, April 17
New Large Hereford painting COMPLETED, 18 by 24, "Howard's Hiefer"
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therichartist
on Mon 17 Apr 2006 03:08 PM PDT
PROGRESS PHOTO AND COMPLETED PHOTO- The first photo is of that very first stage where the shape can be seen but the paint is very thin washes over most of the canvas. This is a larger, 18 by 24 inch painting of a young Hereford gal that lives in Julian. Her owner's name is Howard, a super nice guy who let my friend Diane Weintraub and I visit his property with it's breathtaking view (and cows) to take photos. While Diane was taking photos of the landscape, I was busy stalking the the cows!
"Howard's Heifer" first stage, "Howard's Heifer" completed painting 18 BY 24 inches, this painting is sold and on her way to her new home. The photo on the right shows her full of rich colors in a lush landscape. |
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