_ Born in Pittsburgh, PA., he moved to Charlotte, NC at age 6yrs.  Living with his wife, Alison and their 2 children near Charleston, SC for 13yrs., in 1992 they moved back to Charlotte, and bought land in Peachland, NC.  Denny and Alison moved to the Peachland property in 2001 where they now reside.

As an art, antiques, & antiquities collector since 1972 & dealer since 1985, Denny has accumulated a lot of materials for his endeavors.  His career in art started in 1990 when he began to create as a self-taught artist in copper enamel.  However, his interest started much earlier.  At age 12yrs., he was making molds with clay and began casting in plaster & tin.   He often incorporates castings in silver, bronze, marbelite, epoxy’s, etc. as 3-D sculpture with the copper-enamel.  This, combined with his love for antiques & found objects makes for a very interesting mixed media art form.

Denny has been represented in galleries since 1993 and has been selling at juried craft shows since 1999.

In 2001 he won Best of Show at University Place in Charlotte, NC.  In 2004 he won Best of Show for Mixed Media in the Lazy Daze Show in Cary, NC.  Also in 2004 he won Best of Category for Master Craft at Matthews Art Fest in Matthews, NC. He was highlighted by the Gilmore Craftsman's Classic Art Show on the NBC affiliate WXII Channel 12 Television in Greensboro, NC on April 13, 2007.  In Sept. 2009, he won the Award of Excellence at the Matthews Alive Festival, Matthews, NC.

He was included in the Folk Art Show put on by the Hickory, NC Museum of Art in 2009 which was a show of the personal folk art collection of Mrs. Barry Huffman, an renowned folk art collector, living in North Carolina.