Denise Rich

Born 1959 in San Diego County, California, Denise Rich is an artist who is known for her paintings of Cows. Both Dairy and Beef cattle grace her canvas showing the personality and often humor of her very individual view of them.I paint because I have to, I paint cows because they make me smile. My paintings all start with trips to the dairy or country, wherever I might find the bovine bodies that are my models. My original photographs are my reference material. I'm inspired to paint that which makes me smile, and cows do that when I go to photograph them. I try to bring that feeling into my work.