Denby Dale

I am a mixed media artist working primarily in cold wax and oil, and encaustic, with ample portions of other drawing and painting media mixed in as needed. I find great satisfaction in the marriage of seemingly ill suited materials, a nod to my first love of collage and assemblage. Although the majority of my work is technically two dimensional, much of my work features three dimensional sculptural elements that taunt the viewer with the suggestion of another layer, plane or surface of perspective – obscured or exposed- exploring the notion that not all is revealed or understood upon first blush or experience.


I work abstractly in an effort to reconcile seemingly disparate contexts, materials and mark making methods; for me, harmony often resides in the recognition of dissonance. If it feels counter intuitive, I am likely attracted to it, and will explore it.

My painting and drawing work explores the juxtaposition of the organic and linear, the sparse and saturated, with color playing a major role. My encaustic work focuses on the minimalist aesthetic of subtle variation within repetition and pattern.


Why this toggling between movement filled colorful abstract drawings, pared down geometric studies in wax? For me, t...

B.A., English Literature, Studio Art Minor, Connecticut College, New London CT 1993

CV - Denby Dale

2019: ‘Eggiwegs’, Dab Art, Ventura CA
2018 Small Works, Contemporaneo Asheville Gallery, Asheville, NC
Bank of the Arts National Juried Exhibition, New Bern, NC
Form & Function, Contemporaneo Asheville Gallery, Asheville, NC
Light, Color & Movement, Contemporaneo Asheville Gallery, Asheville, NC
Weaverville Art Safari, Weaverville, NC
2017 Contemporaneo Asheville Gallery, Asheville, NC
Artisans on Main Gallery, Weaverville, NC
Olive & Kickin’, Asheville, NC
Art in Autumn, Weaverville NC
2016 Artisans on Main Gallery, Weaverville, NC
Olive & Kickin’, Asheville, NC
Origami Ink, Asheville, NC
2015 Olive & Kickin’, Asheville, NC
Origami Ink, Asheville, NC
2014 Olive & Kickin’, Asheville, NC
Origami Ink, Asheville, NC
2013 Olive & Kickin’, Asheville, NC
Origami Ink, Asheville, NC
2011 Spring Arts Competition, The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Wax in Motion, Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Scargo Pottery & Art Gallery, Dennis, MA
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Yarmouth, MA
Holiday Small Works, The Store at the De Cordova Museum & Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
ID, Provincetown, MA
Origami Ink, Asheville, NC
2010 Scargo Pottery & Art Gallery, Dennis, MA
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Yarm...