Called one of the top fifty plein air painters in the country, Deborah Paris practiced law for over twenty years before returning to her first love-painting. Her landscapes pay homage to the American landscape – from the desert Southwest, Texas Panhandle, the Rocky Mountains, the coasts of California and Oregon, to the Florida marshlands.
Her work has been exhibited nationwide, and she has received the Best and Brightest Award and the Pastel Society of America Award among many others. She has been featured in American Artist, Southwest Art and The Pastel Journal. In December 2004 she was named an Artist to Watch by Southwest Art Magazine. Her work has been shown at the Laguna Art Museum, the Albuquerque Museum of Art, and the Panhandle-Plains Museum.
She teaches plein air painting throughout the country and is the founder and Signature Member of Plein Air New Mexico and a Signature Member of Plein Air Florida. She is represented by Ernest Fuller Fine Art in Denver, Colorado and M Gallery in Sarasota, Florida. In 2006 her work was featured in two new books, Landscapes of New Mexico (Fresco Fine Art Publications)and Plein Air New Mexico (Jack Richeson Art Publications).
Galleries: Hildt Galleries, Chicago IL / Ernest Fuller Fine Art, Denver CO / Mountains Edge Fine Art, Santa Fe NM / M Gallery, Sarasota FL
Exhibits: "American Women Artists", Columbine Gallery, Santa Fe NM / "En Plein Air: South by Southwest", Artstudio Gallery, Santa Fe NM / "In High Country", Artstudio Gallery, Santa Fe NM / "Florida on My Mind", SunTrust Bank, Gainesville FL / "In Light of Monet", Alla Prima Fine Art, St Petersburg FL / "Miniatures", Albuquerque Musuem, Albuquerque NM / "Sedona Plein Air Invitational", Sedona AZ / "Plein Air New Mexico Invitational", Ventana Fine Art, Santa Fe NM / "Pastel Artists" exhibit at Alla Prima Fine Art in Saint Petersburg FL / "Invitational", Panhandle-Plains Museum, Amarillo TX / "Crossing Borders", Alla Prima Fine Art, Saint Petersburg FL / "Miniatures", Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque NM / "Little Gems", Alla Prima Fine Art, Saint Petersburg FL / "East Meets West", Alla Prima Fine Art, Saint Petersburg FL / "Invitational" Panhandle-Plains Museum, Canyon TX / "Plein Air Texas 2007", Southwest Art Gallery, Dallas TX
Events: "7th Annual Plein Air Invitational", Laguna Beach CA / "Telluride Plein Air", Telluride CO / 2007 "Plein Air Invitational", Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach CA
Publication: Featured artist in the Aug-Sep issue of Focus Santa Fe magazine / Feature article in Sep-Oct issue Pastel Journal / Featured in "Artists to Watch" Dec 2004 issue Southwest Art magazine / 2006 Featured in "Landscapes of New Mexico" book / 2006 Featured in "Plein Air New Mexico" book
Workshop: "Plein Air Painting in Oil & Pastel", Sweetwater Farm Studio, Dade City FL / Montains Edge Studio, Placitas NM / Weldon CA / Dunedin Fine Art Ctr, Dunedin FL / Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu NM / "Paint the Idea", Mountains Edge Studio, Placitas NM / "Painting the Night", Mountains Edge Studio, Placitas NM
Associations: Plein Air Florida / Pastel Society of New Mexico / Pastel Society of North Florida / Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club / Plein Air New Mexico
Publication: Feature article in American Artist magazine, Dec 2005
Websites: DeborahParis.com / Deborah Paris Blog
Contact: Deborah Paris
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