I love painting art for children. My prints run in themes from seaside to animals to vehicles to Mother Goose and so on. I am always adding a new print so check back. If you have an subject idea for me, send an e mail. You can view all the works in the collection in the online store under Childrens.
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March 20, 2008 - Wilmington Star News - John Staton
Article about Deborah Cavenaugh and the positive messages she promotes from within her art.
“Her bright watercolors, many of them beach and garden scenes or still-lifes inscribed with hand written affirmations (”I’m believing all things are possible”), are instantly recognizable and emit a kind of hard-worn serenity.”
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On the beach… in the city…
or around the neighborhood…
Deborah Cavenaugh uses her colorful and playful artistry to bring alive a unique portrait of your special place.
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Deborah takes us for a closer look at “life flows sweetly by down by the sea” and discusses the familiar female figure in this and many of her paintings, Mrs. Mazursky. The iconographic Mrs. Mazursky was very important in building Deborah’s desire to become an artist, and her emergence a breakthrough moment for the artist.
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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 Cavenaugh is a self-taught American watercolor artist working in Wilmington, North Carolina. Her colorful and inspirational fine art and prints invite viewers into a world where she explores the familiar subjects of home and family.
