Biography

Denise Gilroy was born and raised on the East Coast spending her summers in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. The mountains are where she developed her love for the rural lifestyle and the outdoors. As a young adult she left the East Coast to explore the country and landed in California’s picturesque Sierra Nevada mountains where she made her home for almost 30 years before taking another leap to Northern Idaho. The common theme throughout was a desire to lead a creative life surrounded by beauty.

While the idea of painting on location is the ultimate for landscape paintings, that is not always possible during Northern Idaho winters. Most of her paintings are inspired from plein air experiences, some painted on location and others in the warmth of her studio. Northern Idaho has proved itself as one of the most beautiful places to live providing plenty of subject matter.

Gallery
Coeur d’Alene Galleries, Coeur d’Alene, ID
Piper J Gallery/Ridgeline Gallery, Truckee, CA

Select Awards/Shows
2024 August Solo Show, FoR Fine Art, Whitefish, MT
2024 May Solo Show, Coeur d’Alene Galleries, ID
2022-2024 Miniatures by the Lake, Coeur d’Alene Galleries, ID
2021-2024 Sears Art Museum, Dixie State University Invitational Art Show, Utah
2023 April Solo Show, Coeur d’Alene Galleries, ID
2022 C.M. Russell Museum, Charlie’s Miniature RoundUP
2021 Miniatures by the Lake, Coeur d’Alene Galleries, ID
2021 Monuments & Canyons Plein Air, Grand Junction, CO
2021 Into Nature, Judges Choice, White Bear Center for the Arts, MN
2021 Montana Miniatures, Out West Art Show, Great Falls MT