In current works, Mr. Denick demonstrates a sensitivity to the environment and man's place in it. He has a great love for the Landscape, a theme he captures in many scenes from the New Jersey Shore and the Northeastern Seacoast. The discerning viewer will find an airiness, an openess, or as he aptly describes "atmosphere" in the sweeping panoramas done in subdued watercolors and pencils work. Much of Mr. Denick's art shows the influence of Winslow Homer, a painter who captured the powerful unchecked forces of nature in oils and watercolors, although there is a sense of calm and serenity not felt in many of Homer's landscapes.

The seashore is also a rich natural treasure house for other subjects that inspire Mr. Denick. One might find, for example, the intricacy of scales of a sea bass, printed directly on rice paper, interlaced with scenes and colors drawn or painted from the artist's imagination and experiance while fishing and boathing along the Jersey shore and Florida Keys. He has created a series of prints made directly from the actual fish. Called Gyotaku, it is an ancient Japanese printing technique used by the fleet fisherman as a way of recording their catch and really capturing the essence of the live fish. The direct print, cokuse-ho is produced by applying ink directly to a fish then hand rubbing to produce the image on paper. The "eye" is the key to giving life to the image. Each print in unique, hence the "monotype" indication.