About Denese

Denese King-Ashley's artistic practice navigates seamlessly between monumental portraiture and intricate botanical metamorphosis, each piece revealing her masterful command of multiple mediums. In her recent large-scale portraits, she elevates familial subjects to near-mythological status. Working primarily in oil, graphite and pen, she captures the commanding presence of her subjects – a matriarch's quiet authority, a child's moment of contemplation, a mix of metaphoric… more