From beneath the surface

40 × 30 cm

Original watercolor on canvas

Unframed

Sadness

29.5 × 21 cm

Watercolor painting on Arches paper

Unframed

Delicate flower

23.9 × 30 cm

Original watercolor on canvas board

Unframed

In the Quiet of my Being

14.7 × 20.7 cm

Watercolor painting on paper

Unframed

Dear Sky

Collective Consciousness

14.7 × 20.7 cm

Watercolor painting on paper

Unframed

Childhood photograph of a Denise Balla sitting in a chair, used as the cover image for the poetry audiobook Living the Tingle of Remembering.

BEYOND VIOLETTE

Before the paintings, the poems, the films, there was simply Denise.

A little girl who felt deeply, observed quietly, and had no idea yet where life would take her.

Today, I create across watercolor, poetry, film, and whatever medium calls me next. But beneath all of it, I am still simply a human being ; learning, changing, getting things wrong, beginning again, and finding my way through life.

Violette is the artist. Denise is the person living it.