Giselle Denis is an Alberta-based Canadian artist whose expressive landscapes celebrate the beauty and spirit of the natural world while inspiring hope. A recipient of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Award of Excellence in the Arts, she creates paintings that capture not only the beauty of a place, but also the feeling of being immersed in it.

In addition to her studio practice, Giselle is an internationally recognized performance painter who has created live paintings before audiences across Canada and around the world. Highlights of her international career include a residency at the Raffles Hotel in Dubai, painting for the Canadian Embassy, the Special Olympics in Abu Dhabi, and representing Explore Edmonton in Québec City.

Her public artworks include Mother Nature, a 40-by-26-foot mural celebrating Alberta's forests and wildflowers in downtown Edmonton, just one block from Rogers Place, as well as two large-scale paintings at Strathcona Community Hospital.

For more than a decade, Giselle has combined her passion for art with philanthropy, helping charitable organizations raise more than $1 million through the sale of her original paintings. Her work has achieved record-breaking auction results, including the sale of a single painting for $50,000.

Giselle's contributions to the arts have also been recognized with the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal. Her work can be found in private, corporate, and public collections throughout Canada. She is proud to be represented by Avens Gallery.

Giselle often says she works out life through painting. Every brushstroke is a way of making sense of life itself. Through her work, she hopes to inspire others to slow down, reconnect with nature, and discover beauty, hope, and wonder in the world around them.


About Giselle Denis

Artist Statement

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 around you. We've each been given 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.

Giselle Denis painting at the Vignettes Design Show

Distinguished Achievements

  • Awarded the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal in 2022 for outstanding artistic contributions.

  • Honored with the Strathcona Arts & Culture Award in 2022, recognizing excellence in artistic expression.

  • Served as the artist-in-residence at the prestigious Fairmont Hotel Macdonald in Edmonton and the iconic Raffles Hotel in Dubai.

  • Commissioned to create a performance painting for the Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, celebrating Canada’s sesquicentennial anniversary.

  • Invited to perform live painting at the Fairmont Bab Al Bahr for the Special Olympics, enhancing the event with creative flair.

  • Created a piece that garnered a remarkable $50,000 at auction, benefiting the Little Warriors' noble cause.

  • Successfully raised over $1, 010,000 for various charitable organizations through dedicated live painting sessions.

  • Unveiled a custom-painted Lexus as a highlight of the Vignettes Design Show, merging automotive innovation with artistic vision.

  • Transformed a piano into a work of art for the Youth Empowerment & Support Services (YESS), infusing music with visual artistry.

  • Nominated for the Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts as the Northlands Emerging Artist, recognizing rising talent in the arts community.

  • A finalist for the YWCA Women of Distinction Award in the Arts and Culture category, celebrating influential female leaders.

Special Projects

Giselle has been a part of many projects and adventures. She has painted a piano, a 3D forest installation painting, numerous handbags, a Lexus, a 40x26 foot mural in downtown Edmonton, live painting for the Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the artist in residence at the Raffles Hotel in Dubai. And her largest commission painting 2 large paintings for the Strathcona Community Hospital.