Debbie Ceres
Debbie Ceres grew up in Chicago and attended school, got married, worked, and became a mother there. She says in Chicago, she was “fortunate to experience such beautiful art and architectural beauty.”
Her husband’s career caused the family to move frequently, and Debbie says she and her family were always “soaking in the culture everywhere we went. We were blessed to travel to many exotic locations, which continue to give me inspiration and stimulate my imagination.”
However, Debbie felt she “needed a creative outlet to bring Zen to my life.”
She signed up for a pottery class and tried several types of clay works, soon to find that hand-built pottery was her direction.
She says she would collect driftwood from the beach and create unique vessels, using handmade glazes and firing. She sold her pieces to galleries in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia.
Later, she took drawing and realistic painting classes. She also wanted to learn to paint abstractly. She and her family were living in Southwest Florida, and she took an abstract painting class. She found nonobjective abstraction difficult, but her teacher urged her to persevere.
Today, she says she likes “walking and seeing the beautiful colors in the early morning, viewing nature in a park, enjoying a local spring, or sunrise at the ocean. This will continue to inspire the abstracts that I paint.”
She says she has “absolute determination to use my creativity in my painting to block out the mundane.” She hopes people “enjoy my art and it brings you happiness and keeps you thinking.”
Her husband’s career caused the family to move frequently, and Debbie says she and her family were always “soaking in the culture everywhere we went. We were blessed to travel to many exotic locations, which continue to give me inspiration and stimulate my imagination.”
However, Debbie felt she “needed a creative outlet to bring Zen to my life.”
She signed up for a pottery class and tried several types of clay works, soon to find that hand-built pottery was her direction.
She says she would collect driftwood from the beach and create unique vessels, using handmade glazes and firing. She sold her pieces to galleries in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia.
Later, she took drawing and realistic painting classes. She also wanted to learn to paint abstractly. She and her family were living in Southwest Florida, and she took an abstract painting class. She found nonobjective abstraction difficult, but her teacher urged her to persevere.
Today, she says she likes “walking and seeing the beautiful colors in the early morning, viewing nature in a park, enjoying a local spring, or sunrise at the ocean. This will continue to inspire the abstracts that I paint.”
She says she has “absolute determination to use my creativity in my painting to block out the mundane.” She hopes people “enjoy my art and it brings you happiness and keeps you thinking.”