By age nine, Deborah knew art was her calling. By senior year in high school, she earned a collection of numerous exceptional merit awards for fine art, decorating the genre with ribbons at annual shows.Her emergence as an artist comes from a very unique history originating from the film production world combined with photography.
Deborah received her degree in Computer Animation early on graduating with honors.She then landed a job with 20th Century Fox Animation Studios, the first graduate from the The Art Institute to join the team.Her dedicated work ethic promoted her into the Continuity Dept. There she worked with producer Gary Goldman and director Don Bluth, exposed to the facets of production while updating storyboards.Fascinated with 3d elements and camera, she contributed many long additional hours to the 3D department as well, creating models that would later be on film earning her 2 film credits from the studio.
Seeing an independent freedom the fine art realm has to offer, Deborah has gone back to her traditional roots in painting, now seasoned with a cinematic eye for story and framing her subjects.The camera is her first love and complete foundation for her paintings. The one rule forever etched in her mind from her film background:“Show the story”.She enjoys pushing the envelope with extreme close ups, exciting colors and cropped compositions; what doesn’t enhance the story gets edited out of the picture. Years of dedication, passion and sacrifice to the field have rewarded her. Deborah has now taken her place among Oil Painters of America, the leader dedicated to the Preservation of Representational Art.
“In painting, I’m a director, creating an imaginative world yet familiar, choosing a cinematic camera as the canvas, tightly closing in on the subject/s. These actors can only speak with their eyes & body language, but there’s no acting here - the stage is honesty. This is how I capture their story.”
