Short Bio
Denise is a writer, photographer, artist, herbalist, and plant conservationist living in rural Wisconsin.
Statement
As an herbalist, plant conservationist, and permaculture grower, plants and nature are what I am immersed in day to day. All of my art is from my experiences with nature on my own land, and reflects a deeply personal Wisconsin experience of living close to nature and observing the life all around me. I like to paint nature realistically with hyper focus on life up close, and I enjoy the juxtaposition of nature with humans and emotions. I also enjoy realism combined with rich texture and motion.
Biography
Denise is an herbalist and medicinal plant grower who utilizes her own daily experience with nature to express the beauty of natural Wisconsin. Denise graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a minor in fine art, and exhibited acrylic in the 90’s and 00’s before transitioning to photography and digital art. Denise reflects her land, her farm, and her plant experiences in art to share the beauty of our medicinal herbs, native plants, and nature. Denise lives at Wholly Rooted Farm, a United Plant Savers Botanical Sanctuary, where she grows medicinal herbs and at-risk medicinal and native plants using organic and permaculture principles.
