“This piece is one of a series of oil paintings inspired by the prairies and grasslands of western South Dakota. This piece is a composite abstraction that originated while photographing from the backseat of a small plane during numerous flights over ‘West River’ ranch lands. I frequently combine different perspectives to create a single composition. My observations of nature are combined with an ongoing search for personal visual vocabulary of shapes, lines, and color relationships.”
- Denise Du Broy
- Tall Grass Ponds, 2010
- Oil paint on yupo
- Framed: 27 x 41 in (68.58 x 104.14 cm)
Denise Du Broy’s paintings have evolved over the years to a more abstract composition inspired by both the external textures and shapes of the Black Hills/Great Plains region and internal landscapes. Her paintings are not narrative, nor literal representations, and they develop without preliminary drawings. She is most interested in the adventure, the search, and the tools she uses. Her artistic goal is to stir and evoke emotions, responses, and memories from life experiences. She tries to straddle the line between the emotional and the rational; the spontaneous and the controlled.
- Current Location: Dolly-Reed Plaza Building - South Dakota Department of Tourism - 711 E Wells Ave Pierre, SD 57501 (google map)
- Collections: Art For State Buildings