Debbie Newton’s Art Gallery Exhibit: “Seeing Through My Eyes”

“Seeing Through My Eyes”

Artist Debbie Newton moved to Indian Wells Valley as a youngster in 1958.She went to work for the China Lake Naval Base in 1980 in the Contracts Department where she worked in various positions until she retired in 2010. In the late 80’s she started taking art classes offered on base then expanded lessons offered locally, in Bishop and other areas. She continues to attend in- person workshops and attends many live/online classes to improve her artwork. She has attended workshops in France, Santa Fe, San Diego, North Carolina, Maine, San Francisco and Los Angeles. She started her artistic journey oil painting and has continued that journey adding watercolor, acrylic and pastel along the way. After her retirement, she focused on her art, painting daily. She fell in love with pastels when she took a workshop through the Desert Artists’ League in Ridgecrest. Although she still works in oil, acrylic and watercolor she prefers to paint in pastel. Her subject matter includes traditional landscape, seascape, floral, and still life but her favorite subjects are animals, mainly birds. She works
mostly from her studio because, as she likes to say, the desert is either too hot, too cold, or too windy for painting outside. She works from photos from her travels, including trips to Africa, England, Southern France, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii and most of continental USA. She is a member of the Desert Artists’ League and the Kern River Valley Art Association.