Denise Nys, Australian Professional Visual Artist/Designer - working in various media including Photographic, Ink, Acrylic, Water-soluble oils, Pastels, and Mixed media. Denise enjoys working in a series format, building works as collections around a theme of interest. Also creating contemporary styled works using Digital applications. A great deal of time is spent in research and photographic expeditions to gather original subject matter before returning to the studio to work.
Presently retired from teaching Art and Music for 28 years to work solely on creative pursuits Denise now lives in the Big Sky, Darling Downs, outback Queensland area of Australia.
She loves living close to the natural environment and spending time each day creating new works of art. "In between caring for my animals and this small Permacultural Farmlet" she says.
Having spent some years living overseas in the Solomon Islands teaching English and Music she has had the opportunity to live a very full and adventurous lifestyle. Having had the experience of living in grass-roots situations and being able to fully experience the beautiful rainforests of the Solomon Islands. Now living back in Australia, Denise is an avid photographer and enjoys the opportunity a Nikon DSLR provides her. Heading out frequently on small expeditions to Australian Rainforest and Native Bush areas to gather information and return to the studio to create unique artworks based around the beautiful, wide, varied subject of Nature.
Learning in various subjects over the years has enabled Denise to accumulate a wide variety of knowledge and experience which she enjoys sharing through her art. Denise believes strongly that one should continue learning no matter how old one is. She has completed various courses through several practicing Artist's workshops & completed a Diploma of Visual Arts-Fine Arts Stream through Toowoomba Tafe.
Whatever Media she uses, the importance or emphasis for Denise is usually about creating a sense of "Flow". Mihaly Csikszentmihályi and others began researching "flow" after Csikszentmihályi became fascinated by artists who would be lost in the moment. It is an invaluable way to spend time, creating Artworks and such. This (mindfulness) has been proven to be one of the most effective ways to induce a "Flow State" and relax and enjoy the moment.
Whether it be Abstracts, Nature and the Environs, Seascapes, Mazes, Organic or Geometric the subjects of interest are endless. Denise's style is one of layers and intricate work. This enables the "Flow" experience to reach the deepest possible levels as she works. It also ensures Denise utilizes her unique layered style which she has developed through some years of experience, trial and error. This Style of working incorporates the use of overlayed images and added fine line work to imply added layers of subject matter, frequently within layers of mixed media,
"Be in the Moment" is one of my favorite quotes," she says.
Toowoomba Art Society Ltd, Godsall Street, East Toowoomba QLD, Australia
This new exhibition by myself and artist Karen Ashurst in June 2024 will show works centered around the importance and relevance of a multi-literate way forward in all aspects of learning. Up until the late 1900s Literacy has been limited to "reading, writing, and arithmetic." In contemporary times true beneficial Literacy encompasses a much broader field.
Due to increases in international Migration, and the ever-growing field of Information Technology, the theory and practice of Multiliteracy has been developing exponentially across our world. It is now imperative, for instance, that our growing younger generation be literate digitally and linguistically as never before.
This Exhibition allows us to also utilize the arts (sometimes viewed as the seventh principle of literacy} to give just a small taste to the viewer of the "Multi-Literacy" world we now live in. Artworks hung in the "Perinet Gallery" at Toowoomba Art Society, will show working principles of literacy laid out on canvas and paper with the help of various media and methods.
There will be more news to come as we get closer to the opening day.
Toowoomba Repertory Theatre Society, Margaret Street, East Toowoomba QLD, Australia
This will be another collaborative exhibition with Toowoomba Artist Karen Ashurst. The exhibition will be on the theme of 'FLOW".
There will be works in various media displayed in the Repertory's Gallery Space which is just inside the front entrance and to the left.
There will be quite a few works to do with the subject of nature, and quite a bit of fine detailed work as the artists will both present Artworks that have taken a great deal of time to complete. to encourage, or induce the "Flow" experience into their working experience.
It is the object of this exhibition to present to the viewer a wide range of working styles that demonstrate how the creative processes in Art Making can induce a "Flow" experience which is helpful to the process.
There will also be a psychologist giving a 20-minute speech on the subject of "Flow"
Further updates on this Exhibition will be given later in the year as we near the opening date.
