Deborah Looks Closer at her painting, “today is my new day,” and discusses the ways in which her art relates to her life as well as the inspiration for some of the images and symbols that appear in her work. She reveals that this work came at a time of great transition pointing out the ways in which it relates to her personal journey.
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Deborah takes a look at the painting, “there is always another journey” and discusses the story the work tells. It is an interesting look inside her own life and a timely discussion of the resilience life demands.
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Deborah takes a closer look at her painting, “there is a restoration that comes only through tending the heartgarden” discussing what the term “heartgarden” means to her personal philosophy and elaborates on the use of these ideas in her art.
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Deborah takes a look at her painting, “living with the ebb and the flow” and discusses why she enjoys creating the little houses that sit in the water. Explaining her idea of living at the edge of the world where one must always deal with the ebbs and flows of life, Deborah discusses what she likes about this piece
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Deborah looks at her painting, “this is the moment when everything can change” revealing that all of her first efforts were of flowers and discussing her unique approach to, and feelings about, ordinary things. Deborah doesn’t paint a daffodil but something she calls a daffodilesque!
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Deborah discusses her painting “I am making a space for happiness” elaborating on her philosophy in regards to this idea. She speaks to us about her childhood and what the doors symbolize in her paintings both as they relate to her past and to her present.
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Deborah takes us for a closer look at her work, “the sun set, the moon rises, the long journey ends - I have found my peaceful heart here within this day.” It is an interesting discussion of Deborah’s ideas about endings and beginnings and the ever important peaceful heart. One really understands how Deborah weaves her thoughts into her paintings.
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Deborah talks about her new Mrs. Mazursky painting depicting one of her long-running themes, “women who live at the edge of the world.” She leads us through creation and development of this idea and what it means to her.
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Deborah presents one of her unique collages, which she calls torn paper mosaic, discussing the way the individual motifs relate to the theme and whole of the composition.
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Deborah takes us for a closer look at her piquette assiette sculpture, a form of mosaic that is made from found and broken things. This piece is her first ever sculpture and first ever piece made to go out of doors.
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Deborah Cavenaugh is a self-taught watercolor artist working in Wilmington, NC. Her colorful and inspirational art invites viewers into a world where she explores the familiar subjects of home and family.
