"During his long career as a painter, Roger Dennis brought to life the beauty of color which is nature's palette. He found unending inspiration and never tired of the special delight that a New England garden offered. His garden scenes comprised a major part of his work. He revered nature. He painted landscapes and seascapes, woodlands, meadows, mountains and glens, but he took special joy in depicting compositions of masses of color that the garden offered.

"He was a prolific painter. On his journeys, near and far, he drew and sketched and notated colors and light in a formulaic way. He sometimes painted on sight, but also used his sketches to compose his larger paintings on canvas, oftentimes changing the floral orchestra to fit his personal artistic expression. He was quite the horticulturist. He knew his flowers. His luxuriant garden was always a marvelous adventure, both for learning and for painting. It was his joy and satisfaction to spend his spring and summer days, particularly at the end of his life, working in his garden -- either with a trowel or with his brush.

"In the 1930's, William Douglas, architect, artist and then-Director of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London, encouraged Dennis to study art restoration and conservation. Dennis was teaching art classes at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum and at Connecticut College at this time." (Read the full article from Internet Archive.org)