Denise Rich, aka The Rich Artist
Cow, Cowboy and Rodeo Western Original Oil Paintings by award winning artist, Denise Rich.
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Denise Rich, THE EARLY YEARS The artist as a young girl, exploring her artistic future, was temporarily sidetracked with delusions of being a dancer. It did not take long to discover that her talents were in a different artistic arena, and that she was better suited to fine arts both due to ability and the desire to remain sedentary. (Continue to complete Biography by clicking here


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View Article  Denise Rich aka The Rich Artist on Channel 10 News with Hal Clement
This is a video I took off of the television, don't look for your cell phone in the end, that's on the video.  My son had to call me as soon as it was over to say, "She paints cows, horses, dogs, birds, even her daughter and husband, but not her son who she doesn't care about...."Of course that's not true, the first thing I ever did any artwork of were pictures of my son!
View Article  Holstein Portrait, side view
I just love the way a cow's face is made, this original cow oil painting shows these fine features from the side view. 

Are You Still Here?
12"x12"
oil on stretched canvas
This painting is available, click here for details.
View Article  Holstein Calves from 'Double Trouble' return
These are the same two calves that were depicted in a previous painting titled "Double Trouble".   Something became very interesting to their right. 
This painting features some very rich, glowing colors in the shadows. 
You will want to put a light on it for the full effect.
 
Calves by the Barn
11"x14"
oil on portrait smooth canvas
This painting is available.
View Article  Another new original oil painting
This is a Charolais cow portrait in oil on linen.  I took the photo reference for this in Ramona among the same herd of cattle as the recent painting of the Hereford cow and her Black Baldy calf.
My daughter thinks it looks like Bodacious the famous Rodeo Bull.  I'm pretty sure they are from the same type of stock, but of course this is a cow, not a bull.

I really loved painting the swirls and putting a lot of subtle color in.

12"x16"
oil on stretched linen
This painting is available, for information, click here.

View Article  Black Angus cow and calf near Santa Ysabel, ca
My bovine filled corner of the world was busy getting ready, so I've got a few
paintings behind in listing new work!

This first original oil is a Black Angus Cow and Calf.  I really love how this painting looks, the sillouette style of the black cows against the rich greens really does stand out.  I loved the pose of both of them in the original photo reference, taken on the left side of the road just before you hit Dudley's Bakery in Santa Ysabel going east from Ramona.   If you drive out there much, you've probably seen them.  Then again, maybe not, sometimes I forget that not everyone has the same cow radar as I do!

The brushwork is very evident, but doesn't show up in the photograph here of the painting.  I can send you closer views if you are interested.
6"x12"
oil on gessoed masonite, my favorite support. 
The surface of this is just beautiful.
This original oil painting is Sold.

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