CONTACT DETAILS:
Address:	1714 FM 1712 Rockdale, Texas 76567
Telephone:	512-446-3031
Email:	dknichols51@gmail.com

ART MEDIUM:

Oil
Pastel
Watercolor
Painting
Collage
Drawing

ARTIST'S STATEMENT:

My paintings echo my desire to fill a space with beautiful shapes. I am moved by the mystery that awaits at the top of old mission steps bathed in light, massive archways and doors battered by the passage of time.

I migrate toward rocks and rock formations in hopes of emphasizing their strength ad beauty with abstract design and color, yet am still overcome by the tenderness of an apple or pear, and the elegant lines of a milky ceramic vase.

From impressionism to abstraction, I design my drawings and paintings using composition and color to fashion organic shapes with line and texture.

In recent years I have worked in varied mediums with emphasis on pastel and water media. My love of oil painting never abandons me, and I return to that familiar sensation when I need to reconnect on a deeper level with the reason for my work.

I often reflect on the thought of Georgia O'Keeffe: "The painting is like a thread that runs through all the reasons for t he other things that make one's life."

ARTIST'S BIOGRAPHY:

Denise Nichols began painting portraits professionally at the age of seventeen. In the 70s, after attending T.C.U. studying with John Z. Thomas, landscape, still life and life drawing became her interests. She also studied painting and life drawing at Laguna Gloria Art School in the 80s. Denise now works in pastels, oils, water media and collage. She has studied with pastel artist Lorenzo Chavez of Oregon, the late Walter McCowan, Jo Anna Arnett of Santa Fe, Judi Betts, Bill Zaner of Boerne and numerous other professional artists. Recently, she has been accepted in two national competitions. In 2004 she was awarded Best of Show, First, And Second Place in pastel by the Salado Village Art League. She accepted invitations to teach two workshops in Salado, one in abstract design and color (all media), and one in pastel. She maintains D.K.'s Art Studio in Rockdale, Texas, where she teaches, paints, and sells her art. Denise's work has been described as art which stirs the senses.

CURRENT WORK:

Studio work, art instruction, art festival coordination.

EXHIBITIONS:

Current Exhibitions:

Village Art Gallery, La Vallita, San Antonio, Texas

Upcoming Exhibitions:

Lee-Bunch Studio Gallery, Del Rio, Texas

Past Exhibitions:

Beaumont, Fort Worth, El Paso, Salado, Rockdale, Texas

AWARDS:

2004 Salado Art Festival–Best of Show, 1st Place, 2nd Place (Accepted in Beaumont, El Paso, and Fort Worth National Competitions).


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