Guest Profile

Denise Kester

Denise Kester, a renowned teacher and international artist, has been teaching workshops for 17 years in printmaking and the creative arts, including book making, painting, and collage. She has presented with Dr. Jean Houstons Social Artistry Seminars. Denise is Artistic Director of Drawing On The Dream, an art distribution company since 1992. She regularly exhibits her work in galleries and art shows including The Goddess Market at WOW. She was a recent featured artist on Oregon Public Televisions Art Beat, and she just returned from an artist in residency at the Horace Mann School in New York City.

Denise Kester received her art education at the University of Georgia and printmaking techniques at Southern Oregon University.
She lives with her husband Don Ferguson in Ashland, Oregon.