Your
website is very, very effective, intelligent
and moving.
Your art is very good! Very personal, great
color dynamics. I worship color. Color is
everything, and you most obviously understand
color, texture, and the discipline of the
(your) placement of those colors. Wow!
I am afraid I have not been formally schooled
in contemporary art to do justice explaining
the effect your art has on someone like me.
But I can say that your pieces seem to be the
absolute center piece of any given room that
it is displayed in. And to me...that is saying
something.
Of course it is all about passion. What makes
a beautifully painted landscape so beautiful,
a well written story so interesting, a well
designed auto so beguiling, passion. Be it a
well designed house, an enchanting garden, a
great motion pictures, a wonderful suit of
clothes, to me it is all about the passion.
I envy you,
Oh to be artist...
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Denice
Lewis'
paintings are kick
ass. There is life in them.
Often with
abstract expressionist art there
is an "unresolved" quality to
the
work--a lot of 'Look at my
talent--I'll show you my skill'.
Ms Lewis
shows you
what she KNOWS. Rather than
feeling that she has lead us to
a place of
her
design, we feel that her life
experience has pulled from her a
secret
that she
now feels compelled to share
with us. Each painting seems to
complete
an idea
or emotion. While certainly
impressive, the work is--more
importantly--satisfying. She
makes paint seem to move,
usually in our
direction. Her "hard work" never
shows--only her pleasure at
discovering a new thing, which,
at once, becomes ours.
Sometimes, she
makes you
feel sort of like you're seeing
color for the first time. You
feel like
your
eyes have opened a little
wider--as if, instead of a
canvass, she has
painted
on light. When she wants to, she
has the ability to make you feel
good,
like
hope itself. Ms Lewis delivers
generously--like an explorer who
has
returned
from a long journey with
something living, something new,
something for
you.
Bill
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Hi
Denice,
I
have to
tell you that I did enjoy a lot
your art. I like
your colors. Especially the one
that you named ''Holy''. It
reminds me
the
sentence of Helen Keller: ''The
most beautiful things in the world
can
neither
be seen nor touched, just felt in
the heart'' It provides a nice
contrast to
the real world. SELF-FULFILLMENT
and PEACE OF MIND. I think this is
the
key of expression
in art no matter what you use to
express it. I have read also your
biography. I
wish I could share a longer
discussion with you about
it. Age is
a very
high price to pay for maturity,
and we all pay that. I am very
happy
that you
find your path in arts and god
saved you somehow from the life
you used
to
experience before, donated and
enabled you to share all the
beauty of
your
heart with the rest of the world,
and at the end with me that I am
thousands of
km's far from you! There is saying
around here, it says that: ''If
you
want to
let built a wooden boat for your
self, do not wait others to go to
a
forest and
cut wood hours and hours for you.
Instead, try to inspire in them
the
memories
of open seas if you can. That will
be much easier!'' Though distance
may keep
us apart, you are embedded deep
within my heart with the ''HOLY''
art
of yours.
Thanks,
Vedat Muratli
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Being
a
media and fashion illiterate
I'm probably the only person in
the world who hasn't heard of the
star
spangled
career of DL. Well, I was
idly looking through the Saatchi
gallery when I was
knocked sideways by a group of
paintings that breathed with life,
vitality,
poise, serenity and
utter beauty and I fell
in love with them
straightaway. When I actually read
about how she produced her tribute
paintings
I was both asonished and
moved...what a totally beautiful
thing to do.
Thank
you Denice for the wonder
and sincerity of your work..
Phillip-painter
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Chère
Denice,
I am
maybe a
neo-romantic attracted by an image, and
nostalgic of an era
where aristocracy and artists were learning
from each others. So, I was
saying that your jolie frimoussse attracted
me like butterfly on light,
and made me dream of a relation comme the
writer Balzac had with la
contesse Madame Hanska…
…so
an illusion,
because aujoud’hui is it possible?
Jean
Francois
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DAILY BUDDIST WISDOM
In my own
experience, the period of
greatest gain in knowledge and experienceis
the most difficult period
in one's life. Through a difficult period,
you can learn, you can
develop inner strength, determination, and
courage to face the problem.
Who gives you this chance? Your enemy.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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Denice,
There was an
excerpt
from a
book by Julia Cameron in a blog that I read
one morning while surfing the net (like so
many things in my life I
just
woke up wondering what blogs were and ended up
looking at one by an
cartoonist that quoted her book). It
said “Creativity is not a
product
of ego, but rather a function of the
Soul"... That really says it
all
for me and I'll bet you too. Your verse
from the Bob Dylan song
also
resonated with me "She's an artist, she has
everything she wants, she
don't look back". It's always been my
nature to question our
existence
and why we are Who we are so verses like those
help to answer that for
me.. If not creating something my life is dry
and without purpose but
as
long as I can 'make' anything I'm
happy. It's a hard thing
for non-creative people to
understand but it truly is a function of the
soul. I could go on an on about that one
but you know what I
mean...
Denice
Langley
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I
saw your link to your personal webpage and
looked at your abstract
work. Very interesting stuff. I really liked
that you have very clear
images of the work to see all the great
texture in all the pieces. The
remembrance series I think is also a great
idea. What a way to remember
people! It's how I would want to be
remembered. Take care.
Stickman
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Hi Denice!
I
found your art work a fascinating idea!
How
creative and at the
same time so meaningful to those left
behind. What a great service you
have
been able to create with your artistic
expression. I'm not THAT
artistic,
however, I can really appreciate art
itself. I suppose we all have some
sort of
artistic expression in some way. I often
think of surfing as an art
form more
so that a sport. It was great to meet you
and thanks for the gracious
e-mail
back.
Aloha for now,
Jungle :) |
Hi Denice,
I
don’t know, if
you
remember who I am? Hopefully, you do.
We me at “La Belle
Epoque” Just want to drop you a brief note
and see how you are doing?
I did visit your website, and I have to tell
you that in reading your
poems, especially “Mom” brought tears to my
heart. You are a beautiful
soul, and I am honored to have met you. I
don’t want to take up too
much of your precious time. Give a buzz
sometime, beautiful.
Con
mucho
carino,
Dolores
M. Garcia
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In regard
to your work - it is
gorgeous!! I think that
everything you have on your website is
wonderful,
inspiring, and uplifting. I have
found over the past two years,
more than any
other time in my life, that creative
people feed my soul and help
reaffirm my
convictions to keep beauty in my life
and the lives of others. I
am an
interior designer and midnight (!)
artist myself, and somehow whether I
am the
one doing the work, or I am looking at
that done by others, it has
helped keep
me alive.
I do not know
what kind of health
struggles you have gone through
exactly, or are still dealing with,
but
I wish
you well and thank you so much for
taking the time to read this!
I look
forward to returning to your site
regularly and seeing what beautiful
things
you add to it in the future.
Have a great day!
Much
love,
Karen
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Gosh,
Denice, your web site is simply
amazing. I had no idea you had so much
creative juices flowing from
within.
Your tribute art reflects one's life
by extending intense
energy and
memories into the spirit of the
soul.
You've
achieved a remarkable
accomplishment by mixing ashes
and beautiful colors together.
Your paintings are
quite
expressive and inspirational. Your
heart is touched by
God which
is an extraordinary gift to be able
to give to
others.
Thank
you so much for sharing your
website with me. Thanks for being the
bubbly person you are. Listen, I
can't
wait to finally meet you and catch
glimpses of your outstanding works
of art.
I'll
be home tomorrow. It's a day off
I've decided to take for myself. Yes, even
I get sick of issuing
tickets from
time to time. lol So you'll know where to
me after I take the kids to
school in
the morning.. Good Night.
Lot's of
hugs from me to you,
Sharon |
Hi,
I am
sure that you are
receiving a lot of
e-mails due
to the article in our professional magazine
but I do want you to know
that I
have become an instant fan and will get to
know your work more and
more. As you can guess I am a
funeral director and our firm
deals
with a lot of cremations. In fact we
have our own crematory and
people
are always asking what different ways are
available to use the
cremains.
Thanks
again and if you have time e-mail me
Lyle
Hill |
True Beauty ,
Wanted to tell
the world how I was
blessed
in past few days to have gotten to know a
very special lady who shows
what true beauty is . True beauty is indeed
spiritual, God given and
comes from the inside out and not the
opposite way that society tends
to want it to appear. Denice, in a
true showing of courage, is
taking us
to a new level of understanding about
ourselves as well as our past and
future aquaintances, trying to also battle
day to day physical
challenges that we could not imagine plague
people on a daily basis
hour to hour with varying symptoms. I
am in health care and have
seen
hundreds of people fight the battle she has
taken on with courage,
honor and respect for all suffering
individuals with fibromyalgia. God
bless her and her work as well as trying to
help us realize that in
death they are not gone, just in another
plane of existance. Most of
all helping us to realize that their spirit
is always with us and we
shall all meet again if we beleive and have
faith in our dear GOD and
his son who died 2 milliniuem plus ago, but
is not forgotten
or away
from us just like our loved ones who pass
before us. Life is but a
blink of an eye in eternity, but the
good acts as well as not so
good
can live forever, especially in art works,
and poetry. God bless you
beautiful
lady for all the good you are accomplishing
on so many levels. From the
heart of a health care worker.
Douglas
Sharkey |
Your art
is amazing!!! I was thinking about you
recently. I guess not having the
sense
to spend more time getting to know you
was one of
the dumber mistakes I've
made in my life. I'm so
glad to
hear that you're doing well, and that your
physical issues may be going
better,
and to see your wonderful creativity.
God
Bless.
XXOO Doug
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I
am
very moved by
your
creations. Does one need a source of pain to
deliver true art? Your
"Antares Heart" is stunning. To me it was a glimpse of
a universe. Both filled of complete
darkness...and a very strong
belief in a heaven, something godlike. I am very
passionate about the
universe, myself. So the vision and idea of a
universe filled of longings and
glimpses of grief, wow. Such a
beautiful thing...
Olle |
I just
couldn't stand up from my chair
and not tell you at least, something! I am listening
to my super-mega-coolest-
sweet husband playing guitar with two other
friends. And it sounds so
good, that their music inspired me. Watching your
colors, and reading a
little
bit of your life. You have the energy that
comes from some other place,
right here, but a little bit higher,
a good one, a plain one, you are different.
Ok, I am the Argentinean girl that you
met this morning at "Blue Rooster" (art
store), and I came home
thinking in you, in your eyes. They look deeper.
That's good. I felt so
connected with you in the way you tell stories. It is
so funny telling you all
this things and maybe you are thinking "What
happens with this girl?".
Happens that you make people feel motivated to
express and write to you!
You are
strong and hard
things come followed with
the good ones and surprises you are having
always. You have all that
experience inside your mind
that your creativity explores always the way you
surprise yourself. Good work, I
liked it so much. I didn't
even know you were that "super-model"
girl! Good luck with your red paint. That
will inspire you so much, because
there, you can spread all
your passion for life.
Congratulations, Carolina "from Argentina".
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I'm
so impressed by your art I would love to have
some of it.
This is
surprising, since I find so much abstract art
to be cerebral.
Your
work expresses passion, and in a balanced
way. It's the sort of
art
that would be appropriate for either a home or
gallery. There are
no
trendy 'gimmicks'. I don't know how to
describe it, but it feels
tastefully provocative. |
Your
website is wonderful and your
work is
most beautiful. and you
could charm the birds out of the
trees with your articulate
thoughts. |
Your
paintings display an amazing energy that
radiate mythical, almost archetypal or
aboriginal imagery. I would
think you
would be both exhilarated and exhausted at the
completion of each of
these
creations. It seems as if you are a conduit or
channel of the profound
power of
collective consciousness filtered through
either your empathy for
others or
your own personal experience, depending upon
the subject of each image.
I know
intimately the joy of union and transcendence
during peaks of musical
performance or at times of deep awareness when
in nature, and I am so
pleased
to hear of you having these experiences and
viewing the outpouring of
these
moments onto your canvas. For years, I was a
serious amateur
landscape/nature
photographer, and you have inspired me to
renew this direction. |
I
just
finished reading your
entire web site, and I have to say it was an
surprisingly spiritual
experience .... seriously, you are amazing,
simply and truly amazing in
what you do. I would love to hear about the
debilitating diseases that
you speak of? Your art is so genuine and real,
and seems to exude such
a passion of your soul ... I just love it ...
your writings are very
interesting to me due to my own, less
professional writing.
After reading all of your web
site, my first response was is she real ... ??
And then I realized yes
she has to be real----you nut, she has a web
site ... Then I reflected
how I would love to view more of her art.
I loved your magazine photos of
course, but the best photo of all was the one
from the home page of
your web site ... so real ... amazing! |
I
am a
bit overwhelmed
by your website....I feel so much passion for
life as I read your
poetry, your journal, and saw your
paintings...incredible woman that
you are!
I must admit that when
I first read about mixing the ashes of your
friend's mother to help
create a celebration of her life...I was a
little "taken
back"...not in a bad way, just more like
"wow...how does that feel to
me"....you know, like I was checking in with my
feelings about it...
I then started to feel
the significance of such a creative and loving
endeavor, and can
honestly see and feel the beauty in your
work. It seems to me the
utmost in loving remembrance of a loved one...to
create something
beautiful from the physical essence of one's
body as their soul departs
the earthy vessel they have resided in for this
particular stay on
earth...wow. |
What
a
beautiful
web site.
You have
an amazing set of
talents. I see the passion and power in your
work. You
also write intuitively and insightfully. I
am sure
that much inspires you but do you draw your
strength
from any particular source? |
Thank
you
for the link to your website....all I can say is
OH MY GOD
YOU'RE COOL!!!!!!! I can't believe your
art...how unique and
interesting....it is such a great idea....I
mean.... a painting has
life
of its own but by mixing a loved ones ashes with
the paint....you
give so much more meaning to the piece..... |
Reading
your website -- your
poems,
your amazing idea for the "Tribute” art -- you
have a
really
wonderful spirit, Denice; I'm impressed when
people apply a
searching spirituality to their life and work.
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The
idea
of using personal remains for
lasting tribute or memorial art is nothing
new. Hair was a
popular early media as it was a symbol of life
because it did not
decompose after death.
Tombs in Egypt exhibit paintings
portraying pharaohs and queens exchanging hair
balls as tokens of
everlasting love.
Indian women in Mexico kept locks of hair in a
special jar to be buried with them so their soul
would not tire from
looking for missing parts and thus delay their
passage to the other
world.
Hair art reached its peak in the late 1800’s in
Victorian
England, where mourners often wore jewelry made
from their loved one’s
hair as a memorial and constant reminder of
their lives together.
The most popular form of Victorian mourning
jewelry took a lock of hair
and wove it into knot designs for use in
broaches. Rings,
bracelets, earrings, watch fobs and necklaces
were also common mourning
hair art forms.
Here in
America, during the Civil War, soldiers would
leave a lock of their
hair with their families before going off to
battle. Upon the
soldier’s death, the hair often was made into
mourning jewelry or
placed in a locket.
Today,
the Yanaomami Indians of the Venezuelan and
Brazil border region
suspend their dead in trees until the bones are
picked clean. The
bones are then charred, or cremated, and ground
into a fine
powder. The ashes are then spread onto
sacred areas or made into
a drink with chica, a fermented beer made from
bananas, and ingested by
relatives of the deceased to confer immortality
on them. |
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