Hi everybody!  I grew up in the north, but have called lovely and warm Texas home for much of my adult life.  I'm inspired by pretty much everything I encounter from sights, to sounds to color.  My two cats, Katie and Sophie are among my many muses.  Their sassy feline-ness tends to find its way into my art.  For as long as I can remember, I was creating.  I recall a quote by Picasso about how if anybody took his paints, he'd use pastels and if the pastels were taken, he'd use pencils.  No matter what, he would always find a way to keep creating. That's how I feel too.  It's not simply about making pretty pictures.  It's about a feeling or a vision that touches me so I am compelled to record and share it somehow.  Lately, I'm sharing years of bottled up illustrations through fabric design. I love the learning process with each medium and making designs repeat has an added mathematical challenge.  So too, it allows my designs functionality as fabric, gift wrap and wall paper.    

 

Travel has been a dominant part of my life and is likely why my style is

varied and colorful.  I cannot urge people enough to go

somewhere...anywhere...by boat, train, or plane...even for just a day.  

Getting out of my comfort zone and experiencing new people

and places with an open heart and mind is the best creative teacher

I've ever known. My travels have included amazing places like Egypt,

Turkey, China, most of the Caribbean, a few places in South

America, Panama, Mexico, nearly all Western European countries, and

most US states including HI and AL, etc.  My first inkling that the world

was much bigger than the small one I lived in was when I was a child.  

My grandparents traveled and how they enriched their lives by

broadening their horizons inspired me to do the same!   

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Thank you for visiting!

Debby  xo