I like to think of myself as a shapemaker, intent on creating bold and
dramatic floral representations.

BACKGROUND

Deborah was born in Montreal, Quebec and moved to Brockville with her
husband, Layne, in 1975. “Brockville has been a wonderful place to call home all these years,
while raising a family of four.”

EDUCATION

Deborah attended Loyola College ( Now Concordia University) in
Montreal, and graduated with a BSc in Biology-Chemistry in 1974.
She has taken many art courses through the years at St. Lawrence
College as well as some in the United States.

AWARDS
2001: Ottawa Watercolour Society
President’s Award for “Peonies”

JURIED ART EXHIBITS
OWS 2001, 2002 group shows
Merrickville Fine Art Festival 2002, 2003

MEMBERSHIPS
Brockville Artists’Studio,

Ottawa Watercolour Society

PREFERRED MEDIA
Although I enjoy experimenting with pencil as well as acrylics,
my preferred media of choice is watercolour.

PREFERRED SUBJECT(S)
Flowers are my first love, and the human form is also of
great interest.

ARTISTIC INFLUENCES
Georgia O’Keeffe, Birgit O’Connor, Mary Nunn

ARTIST’S STATEMENT:
I like to think of myself as a shapemaker, intent on creating bold
and dramatic floral representations.I love the transparency and
brilliance of watercolour and strive to capture light and shadow
and its many complexities within the flower.
There are many ways of expressing beauty, movement, light and life, but
for me, flowers say it best!

boivinfa@ripnet.com
Deborah Boivin