What strikes the person who views a work by K. Haines Dench - not at first, but after a good long look - is the tranquility and peace that emanates; and the longer the viewer looks, the more deeply and impressively that peace seems to flow. For me, the artist's task is to bring order out of chaos, she says, and she succeeds with serene and consummate skill.
Born in 1949, Dench is a native of the Pacific Northwest, where she lives with her husband and two children. Her studio is located in a second-story warehouse space near her home. She...
