Denise likes to emphasize her attachment to St. Mary's Bay. While her works have a universal dimension and explore all kinds of themes from a variety of approaches, she is keen on contributing to people's awareness of this little-known French-speaking region and expressing some of the things which she feels are unique to the region, including: its magnificent seascapes, with the Bay's superb sunsets; a proximity to nature; a quiet and peaceful way of life; the Acadians' attachment to their community and to their language, with its unique accent and its vocabulary, rich in old French phrases and words borrowed from the fishing trade; the inhabitants' hospitality and the simplicity of their lifestyle; and many more things.

Denise paints both in her Comeauville studio and outdoors. One of the ingredients of the artist's success is the way she uses landscapes, buildings and objects to convey skindeep emotions. Her technique, free of any kind of