New Paths and different Journeys

Blue Whole Artist Deb Sterk has recently been experimenting and studying new ways to loosen up her work  and interpret the abstract qualities of the world she observes around her. Deb explains the photo of her recent work "Fall Interval", size 16 X 20 and an acrylic.


"This painting is a interpretive painting, and suggests my sensory perceptions of that interval between late summer fall.  Abstracting from nature, I’ve used my love of gesture, immersion in process, and love of color to suggest an interval in the changing of the season."

"Fall Interval"

Born and raised In Wisconsin, Deborah has been drawing all her life. Deborah is a past member of the prestigious Palette and Chisel Club in Chicago and has done freelance commercial artwork for Dryden  Press in Chicago Ill.  After retiring on 2005 her lessons came from Carlson’s Guide to Landscape Painting and Edgar Payne’s Composition of Outdoor Painting.  She continued to enhance her knowledge and skills by taking workshops with master artists Robert Hoffman, Gay Faukenberry, Ken Auster, Scott Burdick, Scott Christensen and Robert Burridge. Deborah recently received “Peoples Choice” at the “Small Expressions IV” exhibit presented by Northwind Arts Center.

You can view Deb's work at the Blue Whole Gallery and at http://dsterk.blogspot.com.