Gallery With A Cause • Located in the New Mexico Cancer Center • Benefitting the NMCC Foundation
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Biography
Deb grew up in Ohio and her college years led her to a career in the medical laboratory industry diagnosing cancer under the microscope. For many years, through her travels she was able to provide life-saving diagnostic skills to many patients in laboratory medicine in Florida, Texas and Colorado. For Deb, as a diagnostician working with microscopic evaluations of cellular material, there is a required appreciation of color values, chroma, lights and darks as well as shapes of cells that contribute to an accurate diagnosis. It is an eye for these principles that have given Deb an appreciation of what can be applied in painting. Deb is a member of the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico, Plein Air Painters of Colorado, American Impressionist Society, and the Oil Painters of America. Deb has been represented at the “Arts Alive Gallery” in Breckenridge as well as Frisco, CO; Laughing Crow Artisans in Springer, NM and at the Northern New Mexico Regional Art Center in Espanola, NM.
Artist Statement
When I look at a beautiful landscape painting, I often cannot take my eyes off it. There is something about the “feeling and the place” that draws me in. As a relatively new dedicated landscape painter I am on a path of continual learning, and I absolutely love it. This is my “second act” in life. While I paint, accidents may happen and those are truly gifts that strengthen my skills. Values are often more important than color and negative spaces highlight the very pieces that I want to focus on. I enjoy the diversity of the southwest landscape which truly inspires me.
I first realized the importance of art when dabbling in painting while working in Florida. I happened to sell my first painting. The purchaser was a cancer patient who came to an event and fell in love with my paintings. She was not able to take it with her as she was too frail and asked if I could bring it to her home, which I did. I wanted to gift it to her, but she insisted on paying for the painting. At that moment I realized how important and meaningful that painting was to her. Equally, it meant so much to me that it was of such value to her. I hoped that someday I would have time to paint more often. I retired in January 2017, and I am now able to fulfill my dream of painting the landscapes I love especially in New Mexico and the Rocky Mountain region.
