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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Looking Closer Episode 3

“my days are blessed with good”

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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Looking Closer Episode 2

“every life is a patchwork of moments and dreams”

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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Looking Closer Episode 1

“this is my story–I have only just begun”

Deborah introduces her newest artistic endeavor, a collage style she calls torn paper mosaics and discusses why she like the medium and what the title, “this is my story–I have only just begun” means to her and her art.

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Two lives less ‘Ordinary’

StarNewsAug07 Two lives less Ordinary August 16, 2007 - Wilmington Star News - Isabel Heiblich

Art Review of “A Celebration of Ordinary Times”

Ms. Heiblich has written a inspirational piece about Deborah’s work and how she weaves her philosophy into her art using the most ordinary of visions.  Ordinary Times was a joint show with nationally renowned artist, Ivey Hayes

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50 Reasons to Love Bald Head Island

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August 2007  - Bald Head Island Magazine, Haven - Celia Rivenbark

Deborah’s tribute to a lazy day at the beach, “living in blue sky days,” illustrates one of the always entertaining essays by noted author, Celia Rivenbark

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Read My Article about Bald Head Island

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Article in Wilmington Star News

StarNewsJuly07 Article in Wilmington Star News July 18, 2007 - Wilmington Star News - Heather Ross

Deborah’s greeting card line reaches a national distribution. Ms. Ross writes about the chronology of the card line and Deborah as an artist.

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Pelican Post Magazine Cover

Pelican_May_07 Pelican Post Magazine Cover May 2007 - The Pelican Post - Cover Art

This is Deborah’s second cover for The Pelican Post, a magazine that services the beautiful seaside town of Southport, NC (worth the trip if you’ve never been).  The piece is a print from her line entitled “The way is clear for those who seek” and part of her long going themes of by-the-sea living and Mrs. Mazursky, an iconographic woman who appears in many of Deborah’s paintings.

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Article in Lumina News

2007LuminaNews_Mar01 Article in Lumina NewsMarch 1, 2007 - Lumina News - Marimar McNaughton

The Art Of Architecture

Deborah is featured in this article because of her popular House Portraits and the manner in which she imbues them with a healthy splash of her painting style.

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