Stevens' Studio

About the Artist

Debbie Stevens has returned to art after many years of raising a family and dealing with the complexities that entails. Now as she turns her focus to art, she does so with great energy and intensity - an intensity that is reflected in her work. She represents the subject with an acute attention to detail, color, light and shadow that is truly remarkable. Although fairly new to the art scene, she has already won a number of awards and is being featured in shows throughout the nation because of her work’s uniquely dramatic and engaging power - both when the viewer first sees the work and as it grows on one over time.

Debbie was born in Stillwater Oklahoma in 1955. Her family moved to Texas in 1968. She now resides in Cypress, Texas.

She graduated summa cum laude in the spring of 2004 from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a B.F.A. (concentration in painting). She has studied landscape, still life, and figure with contemporary masters Dalhart Windberg, Robert A. Johnson, Jeff Legg and Scott Burdick. She has attended workshops in bird photography with nationally acclaimed wildlife photographers Jim Nieger and Arthur Morris.

She is an associate member of the Oil Painters of America, associate member of the Society of Animal Artists and a member of the International Guild of Realism.


Education:	BFA - University of Texas San Antonio, summa cum laude - 2004

Workshops:	2007	Bird Photography	Jim Neiger
	2006	Bird Photography	Arthur Morris
	2005	Landscape	Dalhart Windberg
	2004	Still life	Robert A. Johnson
	2003	Figure Drawing	Scott Burdick
		& Painting
	2002	Still life	Dalhart Windberg
	2002	Landscapes	Dalhart Windberg


Solo
Exhibitions	"Avian Splendor 2" Mill Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico,
	August 20th - September 14, 2010.

	"Avian Splendor" Port A Gallery, Port Aransas, Texas,
	April 25th - May 19th 2009.

	"World of Birds" Bismarck Studios, San Antonio, Texas. October 1-30th, 2008.

	“New Perspective,” Kellum Markey Gallery, San Antonio, Texas. February 2005.

	“Luring” Coastal Inspirations, Noel McArdle Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas. September 2004.

Selected	“Reality Check” International Guild of Realism Show, Trudy Labell Fine Art,
Group	Naples, Florida. February 2008.
Exhibitions
	“Summer Group Show,” Buchanan Gallery, Galveston, Texas
	July 14 - August 18, 2007.

	“Los San Antonians,” Bismarck Studios, San Antonio, Texas. December 2004.

Selected	“50th Annual Art and the Animal Exhibition”
Juried	Society of Animal Artists, San Diego Natural History Museum,
Exhibitions	San Diego, California. September 4 – October 31, 2010

	“Birds in Art 2010” Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau Wisconsin,
	September 11 – November 14, 2010.

	"Birds in Art Tour"
	Museum of the Gulf Coast, Port Arthur, Texas, January 16 - March 13, 2011
	Newington Cropsey Foundation, Hastings-on-the-Hudson, New York, April 4 - June 9, 2011
	Wendell Gilley Museum, Southwest Harbor, Maine, July 1 - October 9, 2011
	The Michelson Museum of Art, Marshall, Texas, October 29, 2010 - January 8, 2012

	“19th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils,” Oil Painters of
	America, Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona. April 30 – May 30, 2010.

	“Salon International 2010,” Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, Texas. April 2010.
	Awarding Judge: Everett Raymond Kinstler.

	“Small Works – Big Impressions,” Society of Animal Artists, The Wildlife
	Experience, Parker, Colorado. November 7, 2009 – January 3, 2010.

	“Shoreline 2009 National Juried Exhibition for Excellence in Coastal Art, Rockport
	Center for the Arts” Rockport Texas. October 14 – November 21, 2009. Juror: Joe
	Schenk, Director of the Art Museum of South Texas. Judge: Franklin Sirman,
	Curator of the Modern and Contemporary Art, Menil Collection, Houston, Texas.

	“American Women Artists National Juried Competition,” South Street Art Gallery,
	Easton Maryland. October 9 – November 8, 2009. Jurors: Nancy Tankersley and
	AWA Master Signature Artist Cary Ennis.

	“49th Annual Art and the Animal Exhibition” Society of Animal
	Artists, The Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure, Salina, Kansas. September 5 –
	November 1, 2009.

	“49th Annual Art and the Animal National Tour”
	March 14 – April 16, 2010: The Dunnegan Gallery of Art, Bolivar, Missouri.
	May 14 – July 18, 2010: The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury, Maryland
	(In conjunction with the 40th Anniversary Ward World Championship Wildfowl
	Carving Competition Roland E. Powell Convention Center, Ocean City, MD,
	April 23 – 25, 2010)


	"18th National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils," Oil Painters of America, Sage
	Creek Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 1st - 31st, 2009.
	Juror: Kevin Macpherson.

	“2008 Western Regional Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils," Oil Painters of
	America, Devin Galleries, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. September 12 - October 11, 2008.
	Juror: Steven Lang OPAM.

	“17th National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils,” Oil Painters of America,
	Dana Gallery, Missoula, Montana, May 2 – June 14, 2008. Juror: Ramon Kelley -
	OPAM.

	“Salon International 2008,” Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, Texas. April 12 –
	May 2, 2008. Jurors: Jim Janes & Mark Smith, Greenhouse Gallery, Judge
	George Hallmark.

	“The International Guild of Realism’s Third Annual Juried Exhibition,”
	Scottsdale, Arizona. January 2008.

	“Leading Masters of Contemporary Realism,” Winstanley-Roark Fine Arts,
	Dennis, Massachusetts. July 24 - August 5, 2007.

	“The 16th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils,” Oil Painters of
	America, Whistle Pik Galleries, Fredericksburg, Texas. May 11 - June 9, 2007.
	Juror: Quang Ho - OPAM.

	“Best of American Realism,” Winstanley-Roark Fine Arts, Dennis,
	Massachusetts. July 2006.

	“Salon International 2006,” Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, Texas. May 20 -
	June 16, 2006. Juror: Alexander Volkov.

	“Arts International 2005,” International Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas. October 8 -
	23, 2005, Jurors: Joy Miller - Exhibitions Curator, Las Cruces Museum of Fine Art,
	New Mexico, Florence Schwein - Director, Centennial Museum, University of
	Texas at El Paso.

	“2005 Central Regional Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils” Oil Painters of
	America, Snowfire Gallery, Estes Park Colorado. October 1 - 31, 2005. Juror:
	Quang Ho - OPAM.

	“20th Annual Conservatory Art Classic,” Meridian Civic Center, Meridian, Texas.
	September 10 - 11, 2005. Juror: Tony Eubanks.

	“The 14th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils,” Oil Painters of
	America, Hilligoss Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. May 6 - June 19, 2005. Juror: Dan
	Gerhartz - OPAM.

	“1st Annual International Guild of Realism Juried Exhibition,” Pan American Art
	Gallery, Dallas Texas. March 11 - April 23, 2005.

	“Artists of Northwest Arkansas 10th Annual Fall Regional Art Exhibition,”
	Springdale, Arkansas. January 6, 2005. Juror: Charles Harrington - American
	Watercolor Society and National Acrylic Painters Association.

	“19th Annual Conservatory Art Classic,” Clifton, Texas. September 11 – 19,
	2005. Juror: Bruce Greene - Cowboy Artists of America.

	“Fish Follies,” Cordova Historical Museum, Cordova, Alaska. August 30 -
	October 31, 2004. Juror: Rie Munoz.

	“69th Annual National Exhibition” Cooperstown, New York. July 17 - August
	20, 2004. Jurors: Henry Drexler and Daniel Tennant.

	“Salon International 2004, International Museum of Contemporary Masters,”
	Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, Texas. May 2004. Juror: Pino Dangelico.

	“The 31st Annual Juried Competition,” Masur Museum of Art, Monroe,
	Louisiana. March 2004. Juror: Dr. Randall Griffey - University of Missouri at
	Kansas City.

	“Midwest Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils,” Oil Painters of America,
	Hilligoss Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. December 2003. Juror: Robert Hoffman –
	OPA.

	“Arts International 2004,” New Mexico, International Museum of Art, El Paso,
	Texas. October 9 - 27, 2004. Jurors: Andra Karnes - Curator, The Modern Art
	Museum of Fort Worth, Texas and Ellen Landis - Senior Curator of Art, The
	Albuquerque Museum.

Awards:	Jurors Top Sixty, “Salon International 2010, International Museum of
	Contemporary Masters,” Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, Texas. 2004

	To be announce October 15th 2010

	To be announce November 2010


	“International Artist Magazine Award of Excellence,” “The 14th Annual
	National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Oil Painters of America,” Hilligoss
	Gallery, Chicago Illinois. 2005

	“The Naima and Joseph Abraham Memorial Award, Second Place Painting,”
	“Arts International 2004,” El Paso, Texas. 2004

	Honorable Mention, “Salon International 2004, International Museum of
	Contemporary Masters,” Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, Texas. 2004

Commissions	Memorial Hermann TIRR, Houston, Texas
	Memorial Hermann Hospital – Sugar Land, Sugar Land, Texas
	Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute, Houston, Texas
	Memorial Hermann Ambulatory Care Center, Houston, Texas
	Thibodaux Regional Medical, Thibodaux, Louisiana
	Holmes Regional Medical, Melbourne, Florida
	Methodist Hospital - Willowbrook, Houston, Texas
	Dr. Philips Hospital, Orlando, Florida
	Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas Texas

Gallery	Bismarck Studios, 930 Proton, #202, San Antonio, Texas 78258
Representation	Port A Gallery, 345 Alister, Suite B, Port Aransas, Texas 78373
	Mill Fine Art, 530 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501

Associations &	2007 - current Society of Animal Artists – Associate Member
Memberships	2004 - current The International Guild of Realism – Member
	2003 - current Oil Painters of America - Associate Member

Conservation	San Antonio Zoo - Member & Adoptive Parent of "Sandy" the Sandhill Crane
Membership	Houston Audubon Society - Member
& Support	International Crane Foundation - Member
	Friends of the Bosque del Apache - Member

Artist	My work is created with a devotion to traditional realism using glazes and wet into wet techniques. I look for subjects in nature and the environment - not for what they are or represent, but for their own particular properties of texture, transparency, reflection, and color. I find these properties especially prevalent in my studies of birds. My intense passion for birds entails more than just casual observation. It has grown from initially visiting zoos and photographing endangered species for reference photos to now researching and traveling along their migration routes to capture their behavior during spring and fall migration, as well as being actively involved in wildlife conservation. It is my sincere desire that, when looking at my work, the viewer experiences the wonderment of the birds in their natural habitat.
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