Dennis R. Hill's Acrylics and Oils
Dennis began painting in 1987 at the age of 36 years. He is a self-taught artist who initially specialized in painting surrealist, futuristic, and fantasy scenes with acrylic paint. Eventually, he transitioned to oil paint, with which he renders surrealistic and futuristic scenes, and paints representational subjects.
Dennis received a variety of awards for his paintings in metro-wide art shows, including Best of Show for Paintings for Egg. It has been a favorite of women, along with Whitebird, and Madonnova Spring. Dennis's most recent paintings are oil colors comprising a series called EURO AGO. It depicts scenes from Old Dutch, Old Russia, and Old France. Visit the past through these paintings of everyday life, and remember the world our forefathers and foremothers built with their hard work and persistence. Contact Dennis at: Hillzzz@mchsi.com 
Egg 1992
20” x 30”
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Whitebird
18” x 24” 
Madonnova Spring 1993
20” x 30” |
Fire Story 1988
18” x 24” 
Tomorrow Evening 2005
16” x 20” 
Twisted Raven Tree 2018
16" x 20" 
Sky Song 2005
12” x 24” |
Fairy Bubbles 1987
20” x 30” 
Twisted Crabapple Tree 2014
9” x 12” 
Twisted Peach Tree 2018
16" x 20" 
Newshire Pheasant 2004
12” x 24” |
Fat Mouse 2004
18” x 24” 
Cecropia Moth 2005
8 x 10" 
Moon Dream 6000 A.D. 1991
20” x 30” |
English Cocker Spaniel In the Field 2004
16” x 20” 
Dream Road 2004
16” x 20” |
Orange at Midnight During
a Subconscious Storm 16” x 20” 
The Explorer 2006
30” x 40” |
Red Tree 2005
16” x 20” 
Space Fabric 1989
20” x 30” |
EURO AGO SERIES - A series of paintings representing scenes frome one, two, or three centuries ago of European cultures. It includes Dutch/Flemish scenes, Russian scenes, and French scenes. The oil paintings were done at the scale the signed prints are produced.
The Old Dutch paintings are influenced by Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s paintings from the mid-1500’s. They show village life as it might have been in Dutch or Flemish communities. Dennis depicts people working and socializing throughout the seasons. We might find someone harvesting grain, fetching water from a community well, riding a horse-drawn cart, greeting another outside their thatched-roof homes, or children playing with dogs. It all adds to the sense of atmosphere we get when viewing the paintings. It allows us to imagine life as it once was before contemporary technology changed the world.
Old Dutch Autumn - 16 x 20
Old Dutch Spring's Kiss - 10 x 12
Old Dutch Winter Fun - 10 x 12
The Old Russia paintings depict Russian life in a time when hard-working peasant people endured and sometimes flourished in a harsh land. Their small villages of log cabins and thatched roofs were refuges from the vast wilderness. Within them, they found fellowship and community. The cabins were built from the tall conifers that still populate large areas of the Russian landscape. Also common are the beautiful birch trees of which the Russian people are proud.
Russian Visitors - 10 x 12
The Lives of Bouguereau’s Girls paintings are influenced by William Adolphe Bouguereau (Boog·e-rō) who was a celebrated French painter of the late 1800’s. He often painted life-sized portraits of French peasant girls peacefully sitting in their period garb. Dennis has given those girls names and painted them partaking in activities common for the time. When the girls peer toward their viewer they reveal a sweetly shy smile characteristic of youth.
https://www.bouguereau.org/Meditation.html
Chantal at the Wool Barn
Adrienne Feeds Alphonso
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Camille Washes Her Feet
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Genevieve Sells Gourds by the Road
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Renee Lunches by the Rocks
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Archival Paper Prints are signed in pencil in the lower right-hand corner with artist, title, and print number. The artist initials are also added to the painting in ink. The color varies depending on the image color.
Archival Canvas Prints are signed on the painting in the lower right-hand corner with artist and print number.
Archival Canvas Prints are signed on the painting in the lower right-hand corner with artist and print number.