 Deborah Abbott is a passionate, prolific, and creative abstract oil and acrylic artist. Deborah grew up on a farm near Barnesville, Ohio. She’s always drawn pictures of objects, people, and animals that were familiar to her, even before kindergarten age. She later took art in high school and won two ribbons for her paintings in a show.
Deborah considers herself a late bloomer due to her tumultuous upbringing and early adult life. By the time she was 24 years old, she had 3 boys, all less than two years apart and was widowed. She had experienced a lot of hardship and loss of loved ones in her life. All these things stunted her growth in creativity and self awareness. Self had been on the back burner for about 30 years. As she rounded her 30th birthday something changed within her. She had an unquenchable hunger for truth, spirituality and self awareness. A new person was emerging. A new creative person. At the time she was a phlebotomist working for an independent laboratory. She began drawing in her spare time, getting books on the famous artists like Michelangelo, Da Vinci, and Van Gogh, and began drawing their paintings, learning the process of value. Deborah then worked for a Doctor that encouraged her drawing and photography. Finally she decided to go back to college and major in art at WSCC and received a Liberal Arts Associates Degree concentrating in the Arts. She had a professor that she would buck against because she was taking descriptive drawing classes but was still striving for that individuality and creative flare in her work. She learned techniques in painting, design, and color theory that proved helpful in her endeavors. She then turned to doing abstract as an emotional release, unhindered by the fetters of realism.
Currently she resides and works full-time with her art in Marietta, Ohio, where she is also a partner at the Riverside Artist Gallery. Her work can be found in many private collections and offices in the Appalachian area.
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Education (2001-2003): I have a Liberal Arts Transfer Associates Degree concentrating in the Arts from WSCC and have recently made the decision to go back to school (Spring Quarter 2008) to get my Fine Arts (Studio) Transfer at WSCC. I plan on gathering as much skill, techniques and experience in new media as made available to me. I'm a student for life and pass the knowledge I have to others by teaching classes at the Riverside Artist Gallery as well as working with children at our yearly Art-Camp.
January 2007: I was Juried in and became a partner with the Riverside Artist Gallery, 188 Front St., Marietta, Oh. 45750
March 31 - April 1, 2007: The Marietta Times did a one page article about myself, my work and the Riverside Gallery on the weekend of March 31-April 1, 2007 Issue (Front page referral and full front page of the Life section).
May 2007: Artwalk, Front St., Marietta, Ohio ( I painted publically for this event)
May - June 2007: Solo show at the Levee House Cafe, 127 Ohio St., Marietta, Oh., 45750
June-July 2007: Annual Regional show at The Parkersburg Art Center in Parkersburg, Wv.
September 2007: Artwalk, Front Street, Marietta, Ohio. I painted publically for this event.
September 2007: WTAP News displayed my work as the opening of the top story of the night. "Crossroads" and many other pieces were shown.
March 2008: Entered 25th Annual Juried Competition for the Artist's Magazine, Cinncinnatti, Ohio.
April - June 2008: Solo show at the Levee House Cafe, 127 Ohio St., Marietta, Oh., 45750
May 2008: Started with Art of Ohio Website, Athens, Ohio
May 2008: "Volcanic Rush" was selected for an advertising campaigne for ACEnet and Art of Ohio.
June 2008: Featured Artist at the Riverside Artist Gallery, 188 Front St., Marietta, Ohio 45750
June - July 2008: Annual Regional Show at the Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, Wv.
July 2008: Collective Exhibition by International Artists, Opera Gallery, 1065 Budapest, Lazar utca 6, Hungary. The show is from July 20th through July 30th 2008.
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