Deborah’s interest in art began at an early age. While others were playing, she would doodle and draw. Her favorite classes throughout her school years were art. She was known by her friends and peers as the “paper doll” artist where she drew, for others, cardboard paper dolls, and clothes with tabs for them to color and cut out. She found art to be very relaxing and a means to escape off into a world full of color, which she loves.
From 1972-1978, Deborah served her country in the U. S. Air Force. While serving a tour in England, she painted her first four commissioned acrylic paintings. Still desiring to pursue her art talent, she enrolled with Art Instruction Schools, Inc., in 1974, graduating with high marks. Unfortunately, her military service and future commitments to job and family prevented her from pursing a fine art career until the fall of 2007. In Albuquerque, NM, her passion to paint was re-ignited while oil painting with a friend.

After residing in New Mexico for 22 years, Deborah and her husband, Roy, chose to return to their native land of Texas, settling down in the Hill country town of Burnet. She became a member of the Highland Arts Guild in Marble Falls, TX, where she joyfully hung her first painting. She happily shares her love for art by
teaching beginner art students out of her home. In 2009, Deborah studied with well-known landscape artist, Lynwood Bennett. Lynwood studied with Al Moore who studied under the late renowned artist, Bob Wygant. Her studies with Lynwood reunited her back to acrylics with a newfound love for its versatility.
and brilliant colors.

Deborah participated in several art shows in past years. She was selected into her first juried show in Brownwood, TX, in February 2011, and received her first “People's Choice Award” in the Salon Show in March 2011.