Denise Dambrackas is a contemporary realist oil painter and mixed media artist living and working in Denver, Colorado.

After earning a BFA in 1995, she slowly, and income-willing, transitioned to a long professional career in graphic design. It wasn’t until 2018 that she returned her attention back to expanding her skill set in the fine art of oil painting, through study with some of the profession’s master teachers. She continues to study, hungry for knowledge and ideas on how to better facilitate her most unique expression as an artist.

For the love of oil painting, she dabbles in most all subject matters, but continues to return to the figure. In her current series of work, "Future Feminine" she ventures to smash gender-based limitations and inspire the girls of today. She says, “I’m dedicated to upholding the current trend of positive change in gender roles, I hope that my paintings will help the females of the future avoid the pernicious sense of doubt that has undermined their predecessor’s full potentials, for centuries. In the process, I’m finding my way through the same.”

Denise began teaching at the Art Students League of Denver in early 2023.