Denise works in many mediums but mainly oil and recently cold wax. Adding this medium to oil gives the paintings texture and depth, along with other mixed mediums creating multilayered surfaces. She has developed an intuitive method of working, allowing the work to develop naturally finding a way to balance all of the elements. The subject is only a starting point for the work and the overall image changes with the different processes within the layers of paint.
Searching for an inner perception creating abstract and semi-abstract landscapes and seascapes that form an element of ambiguity. The paintings change through a reflective method of working, shifting the paintings format during the different processes that she has developed through her practices. Using an instinctive objective approach, reforming and refining allowing the work to reveal its development naturally.
Denise observes the intricate structure of our environment, focusing on the surface of her paintings and invites the viewers to discover its complexities within the layers of the different elements and small traces of the visible and transparent. The many layers and textures represent a visual aspect of our journey through life and its changing attributes like nature with all its beauty, unpredictability, cruelty and its fragility. Her objective is to convey the essence of nature and to explore its intricate formation.
