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         I earned a bachelor’s degree in Music and Art at the University of Wisconsin at Platteville.  A Tektronix Fellowship brought me from my native Midwest to the Pacific Northwest in the 1980s.  I taught math and computer science at Pacific University, then spent a dozen years as a program manager and technical writer at Intel Corp.  A decade ago, I returned to my roots in the liberal arts (and to my “right” mind) and became a full-time artist.

Artist’s Statement

DEBORAH BOUCHETTE

          I am a collector of shapes, colors, and pretty rocks.  I am a restless learner and do-it-yourself-er, always seeking more, and happily sharing pointers to what I have found.  I talk to trees, but am really bad at remembering to water houseplants.  I eschew arrogance.  I am a quiet rebel, an unobtrusive anarchist, and an unconvinced believer.  I feast on art, music, language, numbers, books, and light when it shimmers in the late, late dark.  I paint in three dimensions (x,y,z) with very small values for “z.”  I paint large because I am tall, and I dance.

 

             I am a “renaissance” woman in the original meaning of the word:  I set aside my art to raise a family, and now that they are grown, I am “reborn.”  Inspiration for my work comes from the Expressionists, Abstract Expressionists, and New York School Second Generation artists, whose paintings used color in and of itself and to generate form.  I quest for art that intrigues me, meditate on that artist’s oeuvre and philosophy, and then move on.  My favorites have been Franz Marc, Wolf Kahn, Hans Hofmann, Emily Mason, and Gerhard Richter.  Right now I am studying the work of Idaho artist Theodore Waddell.

         I have studied painting with a number of Oregon artists, including Mark Andres and Robert Gamblin, Tennessee artist Allen Cox, and New York artist Wolf Kahn.  I’m always taking classes somewhere.  There’s always more to learn!

         My self-designed home and studio are in the rolling countryside.  I teach privately, and have shown my work with several local art guilds and at Oregon businesses.