Thanks to my friends at the local Buffalo ranch, I've gotten some great reference pictures recently!  Here is the first product, a head study.
This is 6"x8" oil on board. Available on my website www.deniserichart.com.

Four installments, the next one will likely be a finished work!

You may have seen the 5"x7" study in an earlier post, I had done the study in preparation for a larger painting planned in the future, but instead of waiting until I get around to it, I have been commissioned to paint this larger for a client.  This piece is 18"x24" of complicated cow parts, but a joy to paint, and it is going to be one of my favorite works to date.   (The 5"x7" study is available.)



I love the 'cow crowd' scenes like this one and Eye Herd, they are my very favorite compositions.  Watch for more of different breeds in the future.  I have another study of Herefords that will be coming in a large painting eventually, titled "Red and White Cattle".

Two new paintings

Here is the finished work, I didn't get any in between progress pictures!

The other one, a very tightly cropped painting of a Mustang is also finished:

Both are 24"x36" oil on canvas.
Both are available, please email me for pricing.

I did start my focus on cows, and although I've broadened to include western and rodeo paintings I have not forgotten them!  Here is a view I see often when photographing dairy cows for painting reference, the extreme close up of the super curious one in the bunch.

This one is 18"x36".
It is available, please contact me for current pricing.