Denise Minnerly  graduated from the University of Vermont with a Bachelor of Science in Art Education and Bachelor of Fine Arts in the arts. She continued her art education at the Arts Student League in New York City and Silvermine School of Art in Connecticut. She is the illustrator of three published children’s books relating to art, The Color Tree, Molly Meets Mona and Friends and Painting the Town. Her paintings and installations are displayed by public corporations and art venues throughout the Northeast. Denise has been teaching art since the mid-80’s both through her own school and as an art teacher at Greens Farms Academy.