Simkus, Renata

Born in the small town of South Porcupine, Ontario, Denis grew up in a world of dreams replete with depth and textures inherent to a simpler life. The northern landscape suffused experience with a profound connection to the spirit of nature; informing the complexities of his work as an artist. From inside the silence of meditation he has journeyed the expansive mysteries of meaning; the infinite qualities of humanity in all its colours, dramas and nuances. The story of Maximus and the Golden Web came to him on such a mystery; the witness of how a small dog, an Italian Greyhound with a crooked