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Working and Reworking
“I destroy things every day in the act of working and often recall a picture I had considered finished in order to rework it.” – Frank Auerbach Scarlet Allure 40″ x 40″ work on canvas ©2014...
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The Color of Love
“Through some memory, feeling, experience, the passion wells up and spills into my palette; it mixes with my paint. And the paint tells me what to do. I listen. I act on it.” –Ann Dettmer Seduction...
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A Small Show
I am grateful to be included in an exhibit at the Featherstone Center for the Arts on Martha’s Vineyard. Featherstone Center for the Arts is nonprofit dedicated to promoting the arts and developing...
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A Way of Communicating
“Painting is a way of communicating vision and experience so that it reaches beyond a single moment in time. What fills our hearts and spills over must be shared.” – Stormy Bailey Blue Harbor 40″ x 40″...
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A Thrilling Joy
“All of us have had the experience of a sudden joy that came when nothing in the world had forewarned us of its coming – a joy so thrilling that if it was born of misery we remembered even the misery...
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Making my own Sunshine
“My paintings evolve organically from life’s everyday glances. Rather than trying to force my will on them, I give them total control. Each layer determines and guides the next.” -Dion Archibald...
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The Pause Button
Matter Remixed 24″ x 36″ work on canvas/panel ©2017 Deborah T. Colter Sometimes life events put you on pause. Unexpected, expected it doesn’t really matter – time seems to stop and then one day...
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Inspiration, what is it that lights you up?
“Life inspires me to paint. Painting inspires me to paint.” – Dion Archibald Inspiration Board Inspiration. What inspires you as an artist? I think this is one of the most asked questions an...
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Soul searching, why do I paint?
“Once, Picasso was asked what his paintings meant. He said, “Do you ever know what the birds are singing? You don’t. But you listen to them anyway.” So, sometimes with art, it is important just to...
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When the student is ready…
Hanging in the Balance 30″ x 30″ work on canvas/panel ©2017 Deborah T. Colter May I please share something with you? The last few years for me have been an ongoing challenge due to family...
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