"It Takes A Village To Raise the Children"
- Mixed Media collar detail
"Totem" - Mixed Media
"Elaborate Tulips" - Mixed Media
Deborah
Small is a native of Portsmouth. A graduate of Norcom High School
who went on to complete her studies at Norfolk State College in 1974.
Receiving
a BA degree in Graphic Design launched her career.
Deborah's works are an exciting culmination of multimedia art. They
journey through an evolution of 26 years of creating many diverse
visual works. African and Native American heritage are evident in
each piece.
In 1978 her professional career began. After participating in many local,
national and international shows, she continued to broaden her pallet and
develope a very distinctive style. The viewer of her art can expect the
element of freshness and difference while viewing her works.
Styles include
Tapestries, Tablets, Collars, Totems, and Accessories. Tablets, totems
and accessories utilize paper mache' incorporated
with other varied
materials. Paintings incorporate multiple layers of acrylic and metallic
paint on canvas finished with embroidery and beading. Various shapes
of canvas are sewn to a canvas surface to create tapestries and
broaches.
Since
the collage mixed media paintings of 1978, the works have become a mixture
of painting, drawing, sewing, embroidery, and beading. Each technique
embraced as a child.
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