About The Artist
Deborah was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio and migrated to Charleston, SC as a young adult where she attended the College of Charleston and developed her passion for art. Her work is influenced by the pioneers of the modern art movement of the nineteenth century and by today's Pop music. She approaches each new work with a vision of color that is intended to produce a poetic relationship to both the compositions and music that inspired each new work. According to Deborah, it is first and foremost about the color, it needs to be visually pleasing, disturbing, happy or peaceful, but it should not leave you empty. Her feeling is that you should be drawn into each work and therefore you become part of it. Deborah's work is displayed in private collections and Commercial Establishments across the United States.
I believe art is a compilation of our conscience and unconscious mind. It is what we experience in our everyday lives and what we dream of at night. It is how we touch reality and how we lose ourselves to our imaginations. Sometimes I see art in a face, or the sky or in a cloud. Sometimes I see a group of shapes, colors or buildings..............and sometimes I dream.”
Favorite Quote:
Paul Klee said “Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes it visible."

Exhibitions and Special Recognition:

2021 Group Exhibition -Halsey Institute of Art
2018- Group Exhibition of 4 Artists- El Duende- Ottovolarte Gallery - Florence, Italy
2018 Group Exhibition- Brush Strokes- Art Mecca
2017 Group Exhibition - Young Contemporaries - Halsey Institute of Fine Art at the College of Charleston
2016 Solo Exhibition - Art Mecca of Charleston
2015 "Pieces of Me" - Solo exhibition, Charleston
Artist Guild Gallery
2014 Gallery 72 Pop Up group exhibit at the
Lowland Brewery
2013 Featured Artist Exhibit – Charleston Artist Guild Gallery
2012 Featured Artist of the Month Exhibit – Charleston Artist
2011 Charleston Artist Guild Gallery - Ongoing
"When The Music Plays" Flagship Gallery - Solo
2013 'Let the Music Play' - Featured Artist exhibit
at the Charleston Artist Guild Gallery
2012 Featured Artist at the Charleston Artist
Guild Gallery
2011 Solo exhibit at the Flagship Gallery
2011 'Show of Strength' - Group exhibit at the
Real Estate Studio
2010 Charleston Artist Guild Gallery
2010 Paintings on exhibit in the Set design of "Little Red Wagon" Major Motion Film
2010 Piccolo Spoleto Juried Indoor Exhibit (only 65 chosen out of 272 entries)
2009 North Charleston Arts Festival Juried Group Exhibit
2009 Piccolo Spoleto Juried Art Exhibit Juried Group Exhibit (65 artists chosen out of 300 entries)
2008 "Vanishing Landscapes” Charleston City Gallery Group Exhibit - Piccolo Spoleto/Coastal Conservation League Juried Exhibit (62 artists chosen from 275 entries)
2008 "Jail House Art" Charleston Historic Jail House Group Exhibit
2007 Charleston Artist Guild Signature Show Group Exhibit
2007 Charleston Art and Portraits Gallery
Eye Level Art Gallery
2006 "Hallelujah" Charleston Art and Portrait Gallery Group Exhibit
"Jail House Art" Charleston Historic Jail House Group Exhibit
Education
College of Charleston BFA
Workshops Sean Dye of St. George, Vermont
Private Instruction Lynn Riding
Workshop with Dominique Vignola, Chicago, Ill.
Workshops with Caroline Jasper, Rotonda West, Fla.
Workshops with Robert Burridge of Arroyo Grande, Cal.
Work shop with John Duckworth of Charleston, SC
Mentoring workshop with Gwen Fox of Taos, NM 2010

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