Palette knives with paint, paper pieces, and petri plates of microbes are three things Deb has up her sleeves and usually on them. A farm girl raised on the prairie of eastern Colorado, she finds comfort where she can see wide open skies and landscapes that stretch to the horizon. Views such as these, nature, and flowers inspire her art, and on most days of the year, you can find Deb admiring the sunset over the mountains from her home in Johnstown.
Drawn to both art and science, she earned a degree in Medical Technology from UNC in Greeley and works as a clinical microbiologist. Seeking a way to express her creativity beyond lab work, she began teaching paper crafting. One major highlight that allowed for further creative development, was in 2015 when she enjoyed an adventure of a lifetime photographing and blogging throughout New Zealand. These memories and images of the natural beauty of NZ were among the first landscapes she explored with paint. In 2019, she expanded her artistic endeavors by attending painting classes and did a plein air workshop in 2022 with palette knife artist Carl Bork. This led Deb to discover how much she loved working with thick paint.
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"Garden Escape" 20x10 Oil - $800
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"Blushing Light" 12x12 Oil - $400
"Don't Fence Me In" 14x11 Oil - $400
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"Granite and Green" 12x24 Oil - $750
"Widest Window" 18x24 Oil - $1000
At the 2023 Plein Air in the Parks event at Curt Gowdy State Park one of Deb's paintings was awarded best in show and selected for the 2025 Wyoming State Parks Pass, another was voted people's choice. Also in 2023, she was invited to be an exhibiting member of the Thompson Valley Art League in Loveland, Colorado where she currently serves on the board. Her paintings were accepted into the National Fine Art Show at Lincoln Gallery for two consecutive years and she has been invited to both the Estes Valley and Boulder County plein air events.
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