House Portraits
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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Looking Closer Episode 12
“life flows sweetly down by the sea”
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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Looking Closer Episode 11
“today is my new day”
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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Looking Closer Episode 10
“there is always another journey”
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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Looking Closer Episode 9
“there is a restoration that comes only through tending the heartgarden”
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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Looking Closer Episode 8
“living with the ebb and the flow”
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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Looking Closer Episode 7
“this is the moment when everything can change”
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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Looking Closer Episode 6
“I am making a space for happiness”
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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Looking Closer Episode 5
“the sun set, the moon rises, the long journey ends–I have found my peaceful heart here within this day”
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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Looking Closer Episode 4
“there is a peace easily won down by the sea”
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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