Denise’s artistic journey over the last 10 years has been the result of a near-death health crisis, and her recovery from that crisis. As a result of her health challenge, her very outdoor-active lifestyle was curtailed for a time. She picked up her camera as a way to get outside again and validate a yearning for artistic expression while being outdoors, as well as compensate for the activities she was no longer able to do while recovering.

Denise’s current photographic style, centered around landscapes, nature, and often abandoned architecture, is based on an emotional response to visual composition. A unique weather condition that changes the landscape, an animal in a unique setting or responding to its environment in an unexpected way, or an undisturbed abandoned structure or vehicle are the compositions that interest her most. Accentuated with natural lighting, timing, and strong compositional values, these scenes and snippets of time are made permanent. Denise is also especially drawn to patterns, symmetry, and line elements.

Her work is varied in subject but singular in its goal of depicting the harsh beauty as well as the fascinating decay of common and uncommon sights and sites in the Western United States. Denise’s travels and explorations frequently take her around the states of Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, and western Nebraska.

Denise earned an Associate of Arts degree in Fine Art and an Associate of Applied Science degree in Drafting at Sheridan College in Sheridan, Wyoming. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Regis University in Denver, graduating Magna Cum Laude.

Denise’s award-winning imagery is gaining attention on the national stage through exhibits and art festivals.