Giselle Denis Artist Profile

Bio

I am the performance painter at the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald in Canada and the Raffles Hotel in Dubai. I have been part of the art scene for more than 20 years. I paint nature in bright bold colours, with a warmth and joy that you can't help but feel happy when you look at it. I connect to people in a unique way through my live painting experience. Art has always had a way of breaking down barriers. Time and again it has provided a place where strangers can find common ground and open the door to communicate with one another. I paint Hope. My message is Hope. My story is Hope and my vision is all about Hope. To watch my Biography video click here. Click here to watch a candid Q & A video done in my studio. 

I am the artist in residence in Dubai at the Raffles Hotel Dubai! For a recap video of my last adventure painting in Dubai, click here. 

I have a goal to raise $1 million for charity. My live painting for charities has raised over $685,000. One of my paintings sold for $50,000 for Little Warriors. I donate 100% of the money raised through my paintings. 

One of my canvases was a $100,000 Lexus Luxury car for the Vignettes Design Show. I painted a piano as an art installation piece for the YESS Organization Urban Roots Garden in Edmonton, Alberta. I also have a 40x26 foot mural installation in Edmonton of a larger than life forest with flowers. 

I’ve collaborated with wonderful businesses like Poppy Barley Shoes, Jacek Chocolate and Fabloomosity Floral Company.

Here is the link to my live painting at the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald with CTV Edmonton; : http://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=638117

I couldn't be happier doing what I love and sharing it with the world. Thank you for reading and for showing interest in my journey.

It can take years for an artist to find her voice. This comes with hundreds and thousands of hours put into the thing they are creating. The artist has to continually create, sing, write and build the thing they love to find their voice that becomes recognizably theirs. It is a journey of trusting the process to dig deep inside yourself to find ideas that are truly your own. Stay focused. Do not look to the right or to the left of what others are doing. Once you find your voice, it becomes a source of power to be used to affect the world aroundn you. We've each been givien a voice that is unique, and meant to be shared. We all have something to say. Some of us say it with a painting, others with music, some with dancing or writing. Your voice has been given to you to share. These paintings are a collection of my voice on canvas. 

I paint Hope. My vision & story are all about Hope. 

View my biography video here.

Career Highlights

Resident artist at the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald & Raffles Hotel Dubai. 

Painted for the Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, UAE for Canada's 150th Birthday. 

Painted for the Special Olympics reception at the Fairmont Bab Al Bahr, Abu Dhabi. 

Debut painting at the Banff Springs Hotel sold for $50,000 for the Little Warriors Live Auction Fundraiser

Painted a $100,000 Lexus for Vignettes Design Show. https://www.instagram.com/p/BKa8yKNgyiz/?taken-by=giselledenisfineart

Painted on a piano for the YESS Organization that now sits in their public Urban Roots Garden to be played & enjoyed by the public in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. 

Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts Nominee–Northlands Emerging Artist 

YWCA–Woman of Distinction for Arts and Culture Nominee

Permanent Collections

Raffles Hotel, Dubai , United Arab Emirates

The Wildflower Grill Restaurant, Edmonton AB

King Edward Omni Hotel, Private Residences, Toronto, Canada

Little Warriors Be Brave Ranch, Ardrossan, AB

Swedish Consolate, Edmonton AB

Roger’s Wireless Edmonton Head Office

Atco Electric, Edmonton AB

CIBC Wood Gundy, Edmonton AB

Currently Featured

Raffles Hotel Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Mural installation - 10004 103 A Street Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Fairmont Hotel Macdonald - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Hotel Metterra  - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Square One Coffee - both locations in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Tiramisu Bistro - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Innerspaces - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada