About – By age nine, Deborah knew art was her calling. By senior year in high school, she earned a collection of exceptional merit awards for fine art, decorating the genre with ribbons at annual shows. Her emergence as an artist comes from a very unique history originating from the film production world combined with photography.
She received her degree in Computer Animation early on graduating with honors. She was the first graduate from the The Art Institute to join 20th Century Fox Animation Studios. Her dedicated work ethic promoted her into the Continuity Dept. There she worked with producer Gary Goldman and director Don Bluth, exposed to the facets of production while updating storyboards. Fascinated with 3d elements and camera, she contributed many long additional hours to the 3D department, creating models that would later be on film earning her 2 film credits from the studio.
Desiring some independent freedom, Deborah has gone back to her traditional roots in painting, now seasoned with a cinematic eye for story, emotion and composition. The camera is her first love and foundation for everything, she discovered while furthering studies in photography. It’s about “Showing the story”. Close ups, exciting colors and cropped compositions; what doesn’t enhance the story gets edited out of the picture. Deborah has now taken her place among Oil Painters of America, the leader dedicated to the Preservation of Representational Art.
What sets Deborah apart from the others, is her animals are alive! -Gunther R.
She says in paint what they cannot say for themselves.” -Jeff K., Big Cat Rescue