Deborah Fleming
Deborah lives in the village of Hubbards, Nova Scotia, where she and her family have lived since 1988. Originally, both Deborah and Bruce Smith, her partner, come from Alberta.
Deborah has been an art teacher since 1977, retiring in 2016. She taught in Victoria, Calgary, Sylvan Lake, and for ten years in New Germany, NS. The classroom experiences are treasures for her, and any opportunity to show their work was gladly taken. Over the years, she has been delighted to offer art to children from three years on up, through Junior and Senior High, and into university classes for beginning art teachers.
Deborah is also a lifelong gardener, having parents and grandparents passionate about plants, and her interest in growing plants and designing gardens evolved into a small business for a number of years.
For over twenty years, Deborah designed and created stained glass windows for people across Canada. Deborah participated in many art shows over that time, in juried and non-juried events, as well as in group, one and two person shows. There were several solo shows with her glass work, "The Illuminated Series" in venues across Canada. Her largest commission was a 140 sq. ft. chapel window in the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Grande Prairie, Alberta, with a theme and title of “Gaze Afar”.
In 1998, painting became a main interest. Deborah has been an intermittent member of Aspotogan Arts and Crafts, and has enjoyed workshops and retreats organized by AAC member Jan Shilletto. Deborah has participated in several group shows and received two “Excellence in Watercolour” awards at two shows. In 2007, three paintings were accepted in the juried exhibition for Associate Members held by the CPSWC in Halifax. In 2008, she, and her mother, and Jan Shilletto and her daughter put on a four person art show called “Bloom” in Halifax, which was a terrific way to spend a Mother’s Day weekend!
Deborah has been greatly inspired by her talented painter parents who loved to go out plein air painting. A week-long workshop in the summer of 2004 was a special treat, as she was able to spend an intensive time painting with her mother, Elaine Fleming. In June, 2005, Deborah and her parents had a “Three Flemings” show at the Corner Gallery in Canmore, one of several since 1983, and showed with them in their retrospective of “Forty Years of Field Painting” in 2012.
Watercolour painting is a source of real joy for Deborah and she finds the outdoor sketching particularly wonderful. Acrylic painting and drawing buildings are newer interests.
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Deborah has been an art teacher since 1977, retiring in 2016. She taught in Victoria, Calgary, Sylvan Lake, and for ten years in New Germany, NS. The classroom experiences are treasures for her, and any opportunity to show their work was gladly taken. Over the years, she has been delighted to offer art to children from three years on up, through Junior and Senior High, and into university classes for beginning art teachers.
Deborah is also a lifelong gardener, having parents and grandparents passionate about plants, and her interest in growing plants and designing gardens evolved into a small business for a number of years.
For over twenty years, Deborah designed and created stained glass windows for people across Canada. Deborah participated in many art shows over that time, in juried and non-juried events, as well as in group, one and two person shows. There were several solo shows with her glass work, "The Illuminated Series" in venues across Canada. Her largest commission was a 140 sq. ft. chapel window in the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Grande Prairie, Alberta, with a theme and title of “Gaze Afar”.
In 1998, painting became a main interest. Deborah has been an intermittent member of Aspotogan Arts and Crafts, and has enjoyed workshops and retreats organized by AAC member Jan Shilletto. Deborah has participated in several group shows and received two “Excellence in Watercolour” awards at two shows. In 2007, three paintings were accepted in the juried exhibition for Associate Members held by the CPSWC in Halifax. In 2008, she, and her mother, and Jan Shilletto and her daughter put on a four person art show called “Bloom” in Halifax, which was a terrific way to spend a Mother’s Day weekend!
Deborah has been greatly inspired by her talented painter parents who loved to go out plein air painting. A week-long workshop in the summer of 2004 was a special treat, as she was able to spend an intensive time painting with her mother, Elaine Fleming. In June, 2005, Deborah and her parents had a “Three Flemings” show at the Corner Gallery in Canmore, one of several since 1983, and showed with them in their retrospective of “Forty Years of Field Painting” in 2012.
Watercolour painting is a source of real joy for Deborah and she finds the outdoor sketching particularly wonderful. Acrylic painting and drawing buildings are newer interests.
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