Looking at one of Dennis Campay's paintings, you could believe it could be a scene from a town in the south of France, on the Louisiana Bayou or a Dutch Caribbean isle.  You feel like you have been there, wherever there is.  Each painting begins a story and allows the viewer to imagines its characters and its conclusion.

A myriad of textures and materials make their way onto Campay’s canvases.  He builds up wall plaster in certain areas or applies a thin layer of gauze to others.  “Surface is extremely important,” he says.  “I like to use grid tape on trees to show that our trees and environment are being Band Aided.”

Furniture, pianos, marshlands, water and books are frequently present themes in Dennis’ work.  Pieces of furniture often represent characters to Dennis.  “The idea is for people to start their own discourse between themselves and the chair, maybe remembering one like it that grandma had.”  His lifelong fascination with pianos began with lessons he started in childhood but never completed.  “Pianos are these big, dark objects that reflect the whole room and when someone plays one, the music just flows all through the house.”  Campay likes to focus on calm waters because he is soothed by them, “When I see water, whether its at the beach, a lake or a river, it’s extremely spiritual and signifies Mother Earth,” he says.  “It’s one of the elements we cannot survive without.”