Artist Bio

 

 

Deborah Rich was born in Dallas, Texas in 1950 and lived there until she was 12 years old.  She has lived in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois, Chico and Truckee, California, Incline Village and Crystal Bay, Nevada.  Currently she spends her time in Northern California's Lake Tahoe area and in Baja California Sur, Mexico.

 

From an early age Deborah enjoyed drawing and coloring her pictures with pencil and crayons.  As a young girl she loved coloring books and copying her mother's fashion sketches.  Her freshman year in high school she was introduced to painting.  Junior year in high school she won her first award in the Evanston-Lake Shore Area Regional Exhibition.  Encouraged by her high school art teacher, Diane Reagan, Deborah majored in Painting and Art History and received a Bachelor's Degree in Art from California State University.  She has studied watercolor painting with Norma Carder - Sierra College, Sacramento, California and oil painting with California artist Gregory Kondos, www.gregorykondos.com, Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village, Nevada.  Deborah's first commission piece was completed in 1992. Deborah has been painting, exhibiting and selling her artwork both in the United States and Mexico.  She works mainly in acrylic and oil, but enjoys watercolor and drawing.  Sometimes, she will draw preliminary sketches of an idea with pencil or charcoal, then she draws or paints the image onto her watercolor paper, canvas or a wood surface.  Her style is realistic or representational, sometimes bordering on the surreal.  The colors in her palette are bright.  The ideas and inspiration for her paintings come from her imagination or from life experiences with animals, people, and places.  Mexico's bright colors and designs have influenced some of her earlier paintings.  She won her second award for her painting "Lake Tahoe" in 2011 in an International Artist Competition and Exhibition at the Wee Fine Art Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona.  Her work hangs in private homes and businesses in the United States and Mexico.  Deborah's paintings have been published in Southwest Art Magazine's February, May, June, September and October 2012 issues.  Two recent works have been published in Southwest Art Magazine's March 2013 issue and a landscape of Chico, California's Stillson Canyon will be published in the June 2013 issue in the Special Landscape Section of the magazine. 

 

Deborah is affiliated with North Tahoe Arts in Tahoe City, California, is a current member of the exhibit committee, and has been an artist in the juried studio tour and exhibited in the gallery for ARTour 2008, ARTour 2005, and ARTour 2002. She had her second solo show in 2011 in the North Tahoe Arts Main Gallery.  This year she will be in the juried 2013 ARTour.  www.northtahoearts.com

 

She is affiliated with the Eastcape Artists Group in Los Barriles, Baja California Sur, Mexico, www.eastcapearts.com.

 

Deborah's artwork is on exhibit in Northern California and Baja California Sur, Mexico.

 

Truckee Tahoe Airport District Exhibition, 10356 Truckee Tahoe Airport Road, Truckee, Ca, Exhibit Dates: May 1 - July 31, 2013

ARTour 2013, North Tahoe Arts, 380 North Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, California, Opening Reception: Tuesday, July 9, 5 - 7 PM, Exhibit Dates: July 2 - July 29, 2013, www.northtahoearts.com

Member's Exhibit, North Tahoe Arts, 380 North Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, California, Opening Reception: Saturday, May 11, 1 - 3 PM, Exhibit Dates: April 30 - June 3, 2013, www.northtahoearts.com

Southwest Art Magazine, June 2013, Issue, "Stillson Canyon", www.southwestart.com 

Southwest Art Magazine, March 2013 Issue, "Donner Lake and Wildlife", www.southwestart.com

Southwest Art Magazine, March 2013 Issue, "Beach Day", www.southwestart.com

Eastcape Artists Studio Tour, Los Barriles, BCS, Mexico, February 13, 2013, 10 AM - 4 PM

 

"Burning Hearts", a juried community art exhibit, Community Recreation Center, 8924 Donner Pass Rd, Truckee, Ca, Opening Reception Friday, October 5, 5PM - 7PM, Exhibit Dates: October 5, 2012 - January 31, 2013

The Tahoe Weekly, October 11 - 24, 2012 Issue, The Arts, "Brockway Cabin", watercolor

 

"Tea Pots and Teas and Fall Cornucopia", North Tahoe Arts, 380 North Lake Blvd, Tahoe City, Ca, Opening Reception Friday October 12, 5 - 7 PM, Exhibit Dates: October 3 - 29, 2012, www.northtahoearts.com

 

Southwest Art Magazine, October 2012 Issue, Special Section on Still Life, "Peppers", www.southwestart.com

 

Southwest Art Magazine, September 2012 Issue, I Saw it in SWA!, "Mountain Landscape with Red Flowers", www.southwestart.com

 

"Salon des Refuses", Chico Art Center, 450 Orange Street, Suite 6, Chico, Ca 95928, Exhibit May 26 - June 23, 2012, Opening Reception Saturday, May 26, 7 - 9 PM, www.chicoartcenter.com

 

Southwest Art Magazine, June 2012 Plein Air Issue, Special Section on Landscapes, "Lake Tahoe", www.southwestart.com

 

Southwest Art Magazine, 41st Anniversary Issue May 2012, Special Section on Still Life and Floral Paintings, "Still Life with Chiles", www.southwestart.com

 

Southwest Art Magazine, February 2012 Issue, Special Section on Landscapes, "Mountain Landscape with Red Flowers", www.southwestart.com

 

Wee Gallery of Fine Art, International Artist Competition and Exhibition 2011, 7010 E Main Street, Scottsdale, Az, Exhibit January 1 - February 1, 2012, Winner of Exceptional Merit Award "Lake Tahoe - Kings Beach", www.weegalleryfineart.com 

 

Eastcape Artist's Studio Tour, Monday - February 13, 2012 - 10 AM to 4 PM, Los Barriles, Baja California Sur, Mexico, www.eastcapearts.com

 

"Everyday Objects", Juried Community Art Exhibit, Truckee Donner Recreation & Parks District Community Recreation Center, 8924 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, Ca - Opening Reception Friday, October 14, 5:00 - 7:00 PM, Exhibit October 4, 2011 - January 31, 2012

 

Los Barriles, Baja California Sur, Mexico in the Los Barriles Visitor's Information Center, the Salon de Cortez in the Palmas de Cortez Hotel, Cafe Maria, and Otra Vez Restaurant 2012

 

"People - Places -Things" - Solo Show - Main Gallery - North Tahoe Arts, 380 North Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, Ca, Exhibit August 3 - 28, 2011, www.northtahoearts.com

 

The Weekly Magazine North Tahoe Truckee August 2011, featured artist and artwork "Flamenco Dancers".

 

Art Kudos International Juried Art Competiton and Exhibition 2010 at www.artkudos.com - click on - view all archived exhibitions, 2010 exhibition, exhibition finalists - page 4 - "Flower Girl", Exhibit August 15, 2010 - August 15, 2011 

 

18th Annual Festival de Artes, Hotel Palmas de Cortez, Los Barriles, B.C.S., Mexico, 10 AM - 4 PM, April 3, 2011 

 

"Sierra Bear", North Tahoe Arts Main Gallery, 380 North Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, Exhibit March 2 - March 27, 2011

 

"Truckee Weather" Juried Art Exhibit, Truckee Donner Recreation Parks District Community Recreation Center, 8924 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, Ca, February 1 - May 31, 2011 

 

Visions Gallery, Second Annual Small Works Show, on Benito Juarez, Todos Santos, BCS, Mexico, December 2, 2010 - January 7, 2011, www.artistsoftodossantos.com

 

"Truckee Exposed" Juried Community Art Exhibit, Truckee Donner Recreation & Parks District's Community Recreation Center, 8924 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, Ca, October 1, 2010 - January 31, 2011

 

Colina del Sol 2nd Annual Art Show, Asociacion de Artes, Sunday, December 12, 2010, 9 AM - 3 PM, Los Barriles, B.C.S., Mexico

 

"Bold Expressions" 55th International Juried Open Exhibition - Northern California Arts, Inc., Sacramento Fine Arts Center, 5330 B Gibbons Drive, Carmichael, Ca, Exhibit October 5 - 30, 2010

 

Los Barriles, Baja California Sur, Mexico in the Los Barriles Visitor's Information Center, the Salon de Cortez in the Palmas de Cortez Hotel, Cafe Maria, and Otra Vez Restaurant 2010

 

Commissions:

Sandy Simon, Salon de Cortez, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 2009, "Mexican Still Life", Acrylic on Canvas

Christine Coburn, Tygh Valley, Oregon, 2003, "Autumn Leaves", Watercolor

Luce Merrit, Santa Barbara, California, 2000, "Mexican Woman with Blankets", Oil on Canvas

Bowels, Sugar Bowl, California, 1994, Floral Cabinet Design, Acrylic on Wood Cabinets

Kit Rich, Sacramento, California, 1992, "Sacramento, California", Watercolor