Biography

Denise Nonomura is an award winning pastel artist living in Stratford, Ontario. Although she originally trained as a Pharmacy Technician and worked in hospital pharmacy for 35 years, in 2013 she decided to follow her lifelong dream of working as an aritst. She attended Sheridan College of Arts and Design, where she graduated with high honors from the Fine Arts Certificate Program and began working full time 

as an artist in 2016.​ 

Her works interpret the landscape, and explore still life through the masterful layering of soft pastel. Denise captures the light, colour, atmosphere and mood of a scene, working either in studio or en plein air.   She is equally proficient rendering a  painting in a realistic to a more

 impressionistic style. 

Denise also enjoys portraiture in graphite and charcoal and pet portraiture in pastel.

Denise is a Signature member of Pastel Artists of Canada and a juried Active Member of Federation of Canadian Artists.