Process
Denters begins many paintings with loose sketches made using her non-dominant hand, allowing instinct to guide the initial composition. The canvas is often rotated during the process, disrupting control and encouraging unexpected relationships between forms.
Thin layers of acrylic are combined with oil sticks and loose pigments, creating surfaces that retain traces of earlier gestures. These visible layers allow the painting to develop gradually, echoing the way memories accumulate and remain embedded within the body.
The curved structures of the figures often emerge through this process of revision and layering. Limbs stretch, fold, and arch across the surface, forming compositional counterweights that hold the painting together.
