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debra

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About Me

CLICK on the picture below to view my art website:I had no idea when I left my career as a marriage and family therapist due to a health crisis, art would become my central focus in life. Although I wove art into my interactions with clients for ten years, it was during this crisis that I became increasingly compelled to make art my own. Eventually, I came to realize that creating art revitalized me and I began painting full-time. I find myself intensely passionate about creating art yet aware of the struggle to describe what is essentially a silent process of following the present moment of creative inspiration. Sometimes my paintings reveal the power of balanced contrast or abundance of the dream state. Other times, I am inspired to create what tends to be dismissed- the essence of a feeling, or something familiar with a perceptual twist. I experience the variety amongst my pieces as differing notes in a musical composition. In truth, creating art brings me immense joy. My paintings are a celebration of life and this celebration is reflected in my work.pulse, 12x12, soldbecame 5, 24x24, soldfields of gold, 12x12, sold
You Are a Prophet Soul
You are a gentle soul, with good intentions toward everyone.
Selfless and kind, you have great faith in people.
Sometimes this faith can lead to disappoinment in the long run.
No matter what, you deal with everything in a calm and balanced way.
You are a good interpreter, very sensitive, intuitive, caring, and gentle.
Concerned about the world, you are good at predicting people's feelings.
A seeker of wisdom, you are a life long learner looking for purpose and meaning.
You are a great thinker and communicator, but not necessarily a doer.
Souls you are most compatible with: Bright Star Soul and Dreaming Soul What Kind of Soul Are You?

My Interests

I love art, music, movies, and books.

I'd like to meet:

People interested in art and the more meaningful things in life.

Music:

Music is a big part of my life and I always listen to music when I paint. Some of my favorite artists include: Gemma Hayes, Rachel Yamagata, Beth Orton, Live, Tom McRae, Something for Kate, Eleni Mandell, Inara George, Iron and Wine, Matt Pond PA, Better than Ezra, Dead Can Dance, Aqualung, The Strokes, Stereophonics, Alanis Morissette, Hem, and O.A.R.

Movies:

Favorite movies include: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Lost in Translation, Sliding Doors, Living in Oblivion, Shakespeare in Love, Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Wedding Singer, Princess Bride, Dogma, Kiki's Delivery Service, Best in Show, Napolean Dynamite, Love Actually, Waiting for Guffman, Whale Rider, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Rushmore, 12 Monkeys, Fearless, Flirting with Disaster, In America, The 40-year old Virgin, Groundhog Day, Elf, and Something's Gotta Give.

Television:

Sons and Daughters, Significant Others, Grey's Anatomy, The Office, My Name is Earl, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, My So-Called Life, and Seinfeld.

Books:

the Alphabet versus the Goddess: the conflict between word and image by Leonard Shlain, Rosie Dunn (aka PS. I Love You) by Cecilia Ahern, The Dive from Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer, Otherwise Engaged by Suzanne Finnamore, Expecting Adam by Martha Beck, A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman, The Onion Girl and Spirits in the Wires by Charles DeLint, Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos, and anything by Tom Robbins, Marian Keyes, Carl Jung, and Joseph Campbell.

Heroes:

people who dare to follow their bliss!

My Blog

new painting and news!!!

I'm sooooo excited! My ten FOOT triptych is going up in the lobby of a fortune 500 company at the end of the month in their new building!! There is an opening party in March for all the big wigs in ...
Posted by debra on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:55:00 PST

poem that i love and hope to emulate

i will not die an unlived life.i will not live in fearof falling or catching fire.i choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me,to make me less afraid,more aaccessible,to loosen my heartu...
Posted by debra on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:12:00 PST

news of the day--show and update

i just finished setting up a show at salon jose in la jolla. very fun and there are eight pieces up if you happen to live near san diego. this sheshe salon is at 7760 fay ave, suite a. let me know ...
Posted by debra on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:09:00 PST

17 of my paintings SOLD yesterday!!! seventeeeeeeeeen!!!!!!!!

OMG!!!! i am at a loss for words. i know that sounds impossible but not nearly as unlikely as selling seventeen paintings to one family in one day. . . a wonderful home for these pieces: a two phD ...
Posted by debra on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 04:55:00 PST

I could not agree more!

"What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter." Henri Matisse
Posted by debra on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 02:31:00 PST