Denise Faith

Denise Faith has been a lifelong Chicago artist. She began drawing and painting in fifth grade. Each medium she experimented with became her new favorite. In high school, she continued working in every medium, finding each one refreshing and inspiring. Throughout college, she continued working in varied media, including pottery, painting, jewelry making, and weaving. Graduating with degrees in art history, studio art, and art education, Denise moved back to the Chicago area. During Denise's early art career, she focused on oil painting. Her work was exhibited throughout the Chicago area, and she was featured as one woman exhibits at the Combined Insurance Company, The Unicorn Café, and for the grand opening of Bill's Blues Bar in Evanston. While raising her family, she switched to acrylic painting and also spent much of her time teaching art to children and adults. It was during this time that her style emerged and her once realistic figures began to take on an abstract, interpretive style. Her work has been on exhibition at the Botti Gallery in Evanston and at Northwestern University, as well as in New York City, Florida, San Francisco, and Montreal. She retired to Galena in 2012 and continues to paint and evolve her art.