Painting

Debra’s work is rooted in a deep affinity for the “perfectly imperfect”: weathered surfaces, faded fragments, and materials that hold quiet, untold histories. Inspired by the fragile urban landscape—its peeling facades and obscured pasts—her paintings reflect a world in flux, where architectural traces become metaphors for time, layering presence and absence with a sense of faded elegance and quiet mystery.

Drawing sits at the heart of her practice, anchoring and connecting each piece. Working intuitively, she builds layered compositions through mark-making, collage, and reworking, creating surfaces that reveal and conceal in equal measure. Her process embraces imperfection, allowing each work to evolve as a balance between control and chance.

“Architectural forms create mysterious narratives of time—the fragile, broken, cracked, and faded past, plastered over with something new. Layers of life: secrets, surprises, and quiet revelations.”