Growing up in the bush, surrounded by wildness, colour, texture, and birdsong, taught Denise many lessons about resilience, patience, faith, regeneration, and a sense that all is and will be OK. She pays tribute to those lessons through her artwork where colour and texture play a fundamental part in how she expresses her thoughts, observations, and emotional responses to the world. Often seen stitching outdoors, she uses the process of slow, repetitive stitching to silence surrounding disturbances, opening the door for a more intimate relationship with her inner and outer worlds. Thread becomes her voice.