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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, January 21
Christmas rush is over, after christmas rush has begun!
by
therichartist
on Mon 21 Jan 2008 05:32 PM PST
I've been busy with a lot of projects lately, filling print orders, sending original paintings to a show in San Antonio, hand embellishing, working on a couple of new works for upcoming shows....
Here is a picture of me with one of my recent orders, a hand embellished print of "Holstein Trio on Red". The print is 24"x32".  Packing a large piece takes some time and patience, and nerves of steel, hoping it arrives in one piece! This one did, and here's what the new owner had to say about it: "...it's fantastic! Just what I hoped it would be! Thanks, Denise!!!" Thursday, January 10
In Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion
by
therichartist
on Thu 10 Jan 2008 02:37 PM PST
If you get a chance to check out the February/March edition of Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion magazine, don't be surprised when you turn one of the pages and find Holstein cows from one of my paintings looking back at you. There is a column (I'm not telling what page, it will take the fun out of looking for it) about me and my artwork, with a picture of the commissioned painting for Holstein World.
This is a really great magazine if you have not seen it before, I recommend it. (Especially the Feb/March issue, just out! ;o) Friday, January 4
One thing I don't like about cleaning!
by
therichartist
on Fri 04 Jan 2008 10:41 AM PST
So I'm in the middle of working on a new painting of Howard's Heifer from another of the many great reference photos she posed for a while back, and I hit the end of my 150 ml tube of permalba white. Being she's of the white face variety of cattle, of course, I need to immediately find a new tube, of which I know there exist at least two...somewhere.....I remember where they are, oh yes, I cleaned the studio a few weeks back, now where did I put that box???
I believe there is a place for everything, and everything in it's place, and it's place is right where I put it the last time! Finally found the Permalba, in a box, under a box, in the closet. Howard's Heifer takes on a personality on canvas once again:  12x16 oil on linen Thursday, January 3
Upcoming Shows
by
therichartist
on Thu 03 Jan 2008 10:35 AM PST
Now that the Holiday rush is finally over, I'm buckled down (as much as I am capable anyway) and getting busy! Three shows between now and April to prepare for, this week I'm getting ready to send a selection of original oil paintings to the
45th Annual National Invitational Western Art Show
Texas Rangers Museum
January 26,27 February 1,2,3 San Antonio, Texas If you are in the area, please be sure to visit the show. |
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