Danny Dennis (1951 – 2012) (1)

A prolific Canadian Gitxsan First Nations (Tsimshian Indian) painter, printmaker, draftsman, carver and jewellery maker, Danny Dennis (aka: D.M. Dennis) was born in Port Essington, B.C.; raised in Hazelton, B.C.; and also lived in Vancouver, B.C.

Dennis was a self taught artist who began working professionally in 1978. His mediums included acrylic paint, watercolors, graphite, ink, pencil, serigraph*, gold, silver and ivory. His subjects were figures, animals, birds, sea creatures, fantasy, legend and mythology. His styles were Formline* Design and Realism* and frequently a combination of both in the same work. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his oeuvre.
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