Dennis Hill Art
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​Dennis R. Hill's    Acrylics and Oils

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Dennis began painting in 1985 at the age of 34 years. He initially specialized in painting surrealist, futuristic, and fantasy scenes with acrylic paint. Eventually, he transitioned to oil paint, with which he creates realism, surrealism, and futuristic scenes.

​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.

Contact Dennis at: Hillzzz@mchsi.com

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Egg           1992
20” x 30”
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​Warm Whisper           1994
20” x 30”
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Whitebird 
18” x 24”

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Madonnova Spring          1993
20” x 30”

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Fire Story 1              1988
18” x 24”

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Fire Story                2020
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Sabertooth Nightmare
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​Tomorrow Evening            2005
16” x 20”
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Twisted Raven Tree            2018
​16" x 20"
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​Sky Song                2005
12” x 24”
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​Fairy Bubbles             1987
20” x 30”
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Clovis Points on red
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​Twisted Crabapple Tree             2014
9” x 12”
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Twisted Peach Tree             2018
​16" x 20"
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Autumn Pheasant                 2004
12” x 24”
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​Fat Mouse                2004
18” x 24”
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Cecropia Moth              2005
8 x 10"
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​Moon Dream 6000 A.D.              1991
20” x 30”
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English Cocker Spaniel In the Field           2004
16” x 20”
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​Dream Road               2004
16” x 20”
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​Orange at Midnight During
a Subconscious Storm                    
16” x 20”
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​The Explorer                    2006
30” x 40”
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​Red Tree              2005
16” x 20”
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​Space Fabric                      1989
20” x 30”
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Elena and the Hummingbird 2018 
​30" x 40"
Brandi
​30" x 40"
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Dream Stone
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Empress
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Midnight Buck
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Stone Point
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Stream of Consciousness
You're in my Eye
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Candle
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Cave Art
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Flaming Giant
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Moon Snare
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Raven Rocks
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Journey of Man
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Spearhead
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Raven Moon
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Sea Fish

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.
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Old Dutch Autumn   -   16 x 20
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Old Dutch Spring's Kiss    -   10 x 12
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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.
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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
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Monique Tends the Cows
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Chantal at the Wool Barn
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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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Sophie Sleeps
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Renee Lunches by the Rocks
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Melanie flees the Storm

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Elena and Smokey
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Stallion Galleon and the Sea Mistress Mystery
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Life Lost and Dreams Forgotten      2019
24" x 30"
This complex philosophical painting is accompanied by the artist's interpretation:
Sexagenarian Man sits without artifice to judge the essence of his past life in a series of visual metaphors. The foundation of his musings is a beautiful park of trees and water accompanied by an eroded desert landscape.
Forget-me-not flowers grow nearby expressing his hope that his legacy will survive.  Bees suggest that some events remembered might have a sting.

He is reminded of his intellectual achievements by The Tree of Knowledge growing in the park, and by how much he has forgotten. The Magnifying Glass of Curiosity is at the heart of the tree. The lens is fractured, signifying its diminishing function as Sexagenarian Man ages. He still longs to understand The Universe, but receiving answers to his questions no longer seems critical. 
Two fighting stallions in the park represent his youthful competitive sparing with his peers, and the possible harm that might have come from it.

A bull charging a startled Grim Reaper is reminiscent of Sexagenarian Man’s defiance of death through careless activities of youthful bravado. In addition, a man sportingly surfs down a lava flow. He remembers peers who lost their battle with death and consequently lost the greater part of their lives.

A volcano portrays his past fiery ambition and creative drive. It generates new worlds that precariously float towards a threatening thunderhead coming from behind the desert hills. The storm represents social obstacles that hindered his welfare and success such as prejudice, defamation, deceit, and perverse changes in the mores of society. Waiting to strike, The Snake of Evil depicts sociopolitical discord and violence.

A rock climber scaling the thorn bush-covered hills represents personal traits that occasionally hampered his progress, such as illness, defeatism, regret, and apathy. He overcame these weaknesses, but fears they might resurface with time.

A stream flows from a cave at the base of the desert hills to nourish a rebirth of the park. In the stream stands a quiescent pregnant woman who represents Sexagenarian Man’s paternal procreative yearnings. Has his instinctive drive been fulfilled?

Further downstream a nude woman poses seductively while she gives a challenging stare. She represents his mating endeavors. Thistles that bloom at her feet signify the difficulties that romantic relationships create.

Beside a small waterfall, The Sands of Time fall in an hourglass pattern. The resultant mound of expired time pushes aside The Egg of New Beginnings. Perched on a stem of foxglove in the foreground, a frantic raven caws a warning.

The stone outcropping over which the park water flows has a face and hand pointing scrutinizingly at Sexagenarian Man. He is fully responsible for much of what he sees. Do his memories reflect a life fulfilled – one where he enjoyed all that was achievable?

Excalibur, King Arthur’s sword of valor, hovers over a spherical stone from which the sword was drawn. For him, the sword represents ethical fervor and idealism. The stone represents honesty and justice. Were these personal principles realized?

Sexagenarian Man’s life has changed over time and the activities and dreams of his youth have been lost or forgotten. He realizes he is a different man and must accept a past of accomplishment and mishap as it unfolded. For him to return for continuation or reparation is not possible. Do his memories leave him with an overall feeling of peaceful satisfaction? How will he be remembered?


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Igneous Rhino and Fear under the Midnight Eye
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Alone and Enduring the Raven Sun
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A Woman's Journey
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Coming Home
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Floating Cow Conch
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Russian Picnic
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Swallowed by Time
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Forking Hay
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The Bird Watchers
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The Goldfinch
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Parasol Sunday
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The mass of men...
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SY & PHAT Sithonnorath
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Eternal Moon   (The moon is 3D)
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Sunset Ceremony
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The Stone Pullers
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Blue Dream
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The Photograph
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Night Runner
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Orange Purple Explosion
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Lemon Purple Explosion
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Night Approaches
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Red at Night
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Painting Oneself - Self Portrait
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Old Heart
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Evening Candle
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The New Arrivals
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The Yellow Rose
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Black Moon Sunrise
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Full Moon Nightfall
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Marsh Rock Ritual
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What'd You Say?
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Orange Marmalade
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Mosquito 
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Autumn Air
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Leafy Sky
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Melting Man
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Love Leap 3000 A.D.
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Ice River Temple of the Shrouded Sun
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White Feather
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The Future Whispers
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Mother Nurture
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Molly's Story/ Clearing Stones
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Phantasmagoria
Phantasmagoria Poem:
​Drift peacefully amidst deep ethereal thoughts of tangled wonder.  
Float as twilight specters breathing whispers in the shadows.                
Scream when burned by flames of desperate weeping chaos.               
Embrace tenderly romantic cues in purple passion meadows.     
 
Quiet breaths when grasped by icy fear and seething sweating fever.   
Fight valiantly mediocracy with unchained raging anger.  
Love madly with the power to storm thunderously into calmness.    
Smile kindly upon the small and meek, especially when a stranger. 
 
Mourn silently true love’s loss, while scrutinizing storm clouds for auspicious skies. 
Growl with indefatigable anguish until righteousness profusely blossoms for all eyes.
 
Sing melodiously with ecstatic love when touched by sensual fascination.  
Breathe deeply aromatic air from eternal worlds of intense imagination.
 
Fly deftly with the rebellious raven when energetic, young, and bold.
Dream joyously with the cooing dove once life’s triumphs are manifold.     
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Fleas of Profundity
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Iowa Impressions/ Spring Glory
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Iowa Impressions/ Saylorville Lake Party Cove
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Planet Catcher


​Ostrich Egg Paintings
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Back
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This large 'dragon' egg is called: Australian Dragon
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Sunset Sailing 'dragon egg'

Discover a New World Microbe Models - Sculptures of the major groups of microorganisms
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