'Divine Play', Aqua-resin, 54” x 40” x 10”. The Divine Play - encompasses the becoming and passing away of the cosmos, the play of the gods. This artwork represents the divine feminine, the protector, healer and guardian of the cosmos, an expression of love and female empowerment, healing and nurturing of our sacred world.
'Divine Play' (portrait detail)
'Divine Play', the sculpting process in clay, 54" x 40" x 10"
The creation of 'Divine Play / Eros' in clay, 72" x 45" x 10"
'Warrior's Heart Wish', Clay, 21” x 17” x 10”. This sculpture symbolizes the power and strength of a woman warrior, yet the vulnerability of the heart which resides in all of us. The artwork is an expression of female empowerment, healing and nurturing of our sacred world. Healing, is becoming aware of our own resilience.
'Endless Love', Aqua-resin & Aluminum, 48” x 48” x 6”. This life-size sculpture relief portrays a woman within her embrace, surrounded by dream-like waves. Its circular design symbolizes endless love as waves of emotions and vulnerability of being in love take a hold of her heart and spirit.
'Namaste Flower', Hydrostone, 20” x 12” x 12”. This sculpture was created as a charitable project for a Women's Shelter in Ottawa, Canada, to inspire strength and healing of the female spirit. This portrait was initially inspired by a young female yoga teacher who emanated balance, strength, peace, and beauty, sitting in a lotus position like a breathtaking flower.
'Hope on the horizon' - Covid-19, Italy 2021, Clay, 14" x 9" x 9"
'Katinka's Sunlight' - Orphaned children series, Ukraine. This portrait was inspired by a little orphaned girl in Ukraine, although surrounded by war and tragedy, her sunshiny spirit lights up the world. 12" x 10" x 8", Hydro-stone with stone base
'Katinka's Sunlight' Clay portrait, 13" x 9" x 8".
'Strength to Love' - Martin Luther King Jr., bronze, 20" x 12" x 12"
'Strength to Love' , Martin Luther King Jr., clay, 20" x 12" x 12"
'Aya', South Africa, Clay, 12" x 10" x 10"
'Aya', South Africa - in bronze
'Girl's Destiny' - Orphan series - Gabon, Clay, 14" x 8" x 9" As an artist, I wanted to sculpt orphaned / abandoned children around the world as a charitable project, to bring these children to light and deeper awareness, to give them visibility, high importance, and deeply felt presence. The idea of this project is to raise funds and donate it to different orphanages around the world, to bring the most vulnerable but not forgotten children to our world's deeper awareness.
'Love Manifested Into Being', Clay, 14" x 10" x 4". This sculpture depicts a dream vision of my own family coming into being. A symbol of unconditional love, immense beauty, protection, guidance and vast responsibility. Our fate, our life, our being - intertwined in each other's hands...
'Gabriela's Roots' - in clay
'Gabriela's Roots', Aqua-resin and aluminum, 36" x 36" x 6" This artwork was inspired by a young Canadian woman of a mixed-race heritage. Her captivating and breathtaking natural beauty evoked an ancient divine energy of the earth, reflected within the full moon. When the moon aligns directly opposite of the sun, it brings about a powerful force upon the earth, a mystery within the ever-changing ebb and flow of life, as well as a sense of harmony and balance in the Universe.
'Dancing Wings' - (portrait detail)
'Dancing Wings', Clay, 60” x 65” x 8”. This artwork is a tribute to one of the many missing and murdered aboriginal girls and women. May this artwork empower and inspire female strength and resilience, bringing awareness, renewed hope and healing to those who are affected by the intolerable act of violence against women.
'Dreamer's Muse' - (portrait detail)
'Dreamer's Muse', Clay, 38” x 20” x 4”. The physical dimensions of the earth transcend into the dream world of the divine feminine. Dreamer's Muse, stimulating the subconscious embodiment of desires and dreams, penetrates the ancient knowledge of the mind and spirit. The Muse, the giver of the creative spark, has a profound change on the human potential to awaken our imaginative minds, unbound.
'Metamorphosis' - detail
'Metamorphosis', Clay, 60” x 42” x 8”. Metamorphosis takes pulse as the transformation of Being takes place, capturing a moment of profound change. Through a tidal flow of motion, Metamorphosis carves a path from reality to the world of dreams and offers a bold new vision of magical connotations that relate to the inner psychological 'transformation of being', powerful and erotic, sensual and divine, forceful and yielding.
'Celtic Goddess Brigid', Clay, 22" x 20" x 13"
Creation of Celtic Goddess Brigid in clay
Female nude study in clay
Study of a female nude
'Isabel and Alfred Bader' - Queens University commission in bronze
'Isabel and Alfred Bader' - Queens University commission
The sculpting process of 'Embrace'
Embrace of Indigenous Wisdom, Aqua-resin, steel, 58” x 58” x 7”
'Spirit Bound', Clay, 46” x 32” x 3”. The female figure being bound to a large feather taking ascension to a higher spiritual plane, symbolizes women's independence and freedom. Incorporated is the ancient symbol VEGVISIR, which the Icelandic people used to draw on their ships to guide their way home.
Denisa in her studio
Excellence Sculpture Awards, Ottawa - Commission work
Nelson Mandela Sculpture Awards, Black History Month, University of Ottawa, Canada
'The Moffat family' - Commission work, Ottawa, Canada
Creation of Sculpture Awards - Commission work
Creation of Excellence Awards, Ottawa
Greek Goddess - Commission work, Ottawa, Canada
Greek Goddess - back view
Female portrait in clay
Divine Play - Eros (sculpting process in clay)
“Celtic Goddess Brigid” (Tobar Bhride), commissioned artwork installed at St. Brigid’s Centre of the Arts,
Brigid’s Well, located at 310 St. Patrick St, Ottawa, ON, Canada
