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Debbie Abshear Art Gallery Opening Reception
February 1 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Debbie Abshear – ‘Evoking Emotions: A Visual Exploration’
Art Gallery Opening Reception: Saturday February 1, 2-4pm
Artists’ Presentation: 3pm
Debbie says “I work mainly in watercolor on 100% cotton paper. I start my paintings by strategically applying water to the paper then introducing watercolor and inks into the wet surface. Then using gravity, pipettes, brushes and sometimes branches and twigs, the journey begins.
I love to carefully observe the mingling of the water, paints and ink traveling and creating the soft and hard edges which help define the shapes and focal areas. My paintings are full of movement, and the viewer can almost follow the path that the paint traveled.
I became inspired to create the work that I do by accepting a challenge to paint differently. I had been a traditional landscape artist for many years and was becoming bored with my own work. I painted every Friday with a wonderful artist in her 90s who wanted me to expand my art practice. She encouraged me to paint larger, more expressive, abstract paintings…
I wanted to explore color, design, and paint to my feelings and emotions but was terrified to change what I already knew and that I was comfortable with.
I wanted to become excited again about creating paintings and shortly became obsessed with experimenting with all the different ways of applying paint to paper so I gave it a try and am so thrilled with the journey that I have been on.
The outcome of this exploration has been creating a body of work filled with color, texture, life changing energy and excitement for me as an artist. Look carefully, I believe you will feel something while observing my work which is very important to me.”