British columbia
Denise Lemaster
Denise has been a professional artist for over a decade. She views painting not only as a way to reflect upon and interpret nature, but as her most powerful way to be its advocate and steward. “Art is a way to celebrate the environment. Engaging artworks that showcase natural beauty encourage people to appreciate their surroundings and foster understanding.” Denise enjoys the immediacy and connection of location work, or painting on site, and she believes that this infuses her work. When she can’t finish an entire painting on location, she takes photographs, sketches and notes to work from. Working primarily with oils, Denise has developed a distinctive style with broad appeal. “I want my paintings to be representational, but not the way photographs are. I enjoy looking at forms and shapes and then taking them down to the bare essentials. I like to have a goal in mind, something I’m trying to achieve in each painting, and that’s what I work toward.”
 
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