Local Plein Air Artist Denise Gilroy is Gallery 10’s Featured Artist in March

Local artist Denise Gilroy will be the featured artist for March at Gallery 10, 15 Eureka St. in Sutter Creek. A reception in her honor will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2-5 P.M. at the gallery. Her paintings will hang throughout the month. The gallery is open 11-5 Thursday-Monday during March.

About Denise Gilroy...

In a sense, fine art had to knock twice before Denise opened the door. She had always loved art, but as a young woman chose the practical over the creative, spurning art school for a finance degree. But art kept tugging at her, and most of the “jobs” she held over the years had a decidedly creative bent to them—first as a graphic designer with clients throughout California and later as a decorator and owner/operator of two furniture stores. None, however, satisfied her completely.  So, in the summer of 2006, she closed her furniture boutique and started painting full time realizing that was what had been missing for so long. With no formal training in painting she took a workshop in plein air painting, which both embraces the beauty of the natural world and allows her to work outdoors.

Denise currently lives in Pioneer, California which provides easy access to the Sierra Nevada where she paints the majority of her work.

Education

University of Massachusetts, Bachelor of Business Administration

Exhibitions and Awards

2014 Small Works Holiday "Deck the Walls" Segil Fine Art, Monrovia CA

2014 Honorable Mention Stockton Art League, Haggin Museum

2014 Yosemite Renaissance, Yosemite Museum, Yosemite Valley, CA

2014 Best & The Brightest, Scottsdale Artist School, Scottsdale, AZ

2013 Holiday Treasures, Debra Huse Gallery, Balboa Island, CA

2012 Honorable Mention Stockton Art League, Haggin Museum

2012 Honorable Mention SourceTek Online Catalog Cover Contest

2012 Salon International at Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX

2011 Award of Merit, Mother Lode Juried Art Show, Placerville Art Assoc., CA

2011 "Less Is More" LPAPA Show at the Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA

2011 Honorable Mention 7th Annual "Best of Plein Air" Juried Show, Laguna Beach, CA

2011 Salon International at Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX

2011 Best & The Brightest, Scottsdale Artist School, Scottsdale, AZ

2010 Stockton Art League Exhibit at The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA

2010 North Tahoe Plein Air, Northstar At Tahoe, CA
2010 Salon International at Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX

"A New Path"

"October Moon"