DEBORAH R HILL
A professional artist, working primarily in an abstract-realism style. Through differing balances of colour, brushwork and paint applications I try to create a time and place for my subject matter, whether it be a landscape, animal or stilllife. I find inspiration in the depth of colour and form in the natural world, rural vistas, beach, marsh, shorelines, although I am equally inspired in the studio setting painting a stilllife. A classically trained painter having earned a BFA with a concentration in painting, awarded The Faculty of Arts and Letters for outstanding achievement in the field of Art BFA University of Buffalo at Buffalo NY. Owned and operated Deborah R Hill Interiors, a residential & commercial design business Buffalo NY 1997-2010. Returned to painting full time 2010.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I find my inspiration in the depth of colour and form in the natural world, rural vistas, beach, marsh and industrial shorelines. Although I am equally inspired in the studio setting painting a stillife.
I work from my studio on a 16acre property, our homestead is named “Lucky Hill” where I reside with my husband and dog India.
I have always admired the equine and all that the horse has contributed to mankind over time. The use and misuse. I started painting the series Crossroads which features horse and rider. I had won Best in Show at the Piccolo Spoleto Art Exhibition in Charleston SC for one of the Crossroads paintings.
Another gallery that features my equine work is the Spa Fine Art gallery in Saratoga Springs home of the Saratoga Springs Races. I do not do horse racing paintings, but instead feature the horse in the landscape.
I am a professional artist with collections nationally and internationally. Please see my bio for a list of awards and shows to date.
Collections
Palm Beach Fl/ New York NY/ Charleston SC/ Long Island NY/ Kentucky/ Westport Connecticut/ Washington DC/ Bloomfield Springs Michigan/ Brunswick Ma/ Myrtle Beach SC/ Buffalo NY/ Houston Tx/ Montauk NY/ Charlotte NC/ Newbury Vt/ Dallas Tx/ Ohio / Saratoga Springs/ Junction Texas/ Annapolis Maryland / Massachusetts / Savanah Georgia/ Philadelphia Pennsylvania/New Jersey Fredricksberg Texas/ Atlanta / International Collections/ England / Capetown South Africa / Canada
Shows/Awards
2024 Hallwalls Art Cnt, Buflo NY Amid/In WNY group show
2024 The Comma Fine Art Gallery, EA NY Known, Imagined, Experienced group show
2024 Buffalo Society of Artists Collecting Conversations Buflo NY group show
2024 LePrince Fine Art Gallery, Charleston SC The Horse in the Landscape solo show
2023 Buffalo Society of Artists 127th Catalogue Exhibition group show (award)
2023 LePrince Fine Art Gallery Charleston, SC Industry solo show
2023 The Comma Fine Art Gallery, EA NY group show
2022 Huntsville Art Museum, Huntsville Alabama solo show and gala (featured artist)
2022 LePrince Fine Art Gallery, Charleston SC Field and Farm solo show
2021 LePrince Fine Art Gallery, Charleston SC The Path solo show
2021 Principle Fine Art Gallery, Charleston SC Best in America Small Works National Oil Painters of America (award)
2020 LePrince Fine Art Gallery, Charleston SC The Still Life solo show
2019 Piccolo Spoleto Art Exhibition, Charleston SC (Best in Show)
2019 City Gallery, Charleston SC group show