Debra Linker

Debra Linker left a career in high tech senior management to focus on the things that really mattered to her - family, service to others, and art. She spends a great deal of time mentoring others as they seek to "find themselves." Following her passion as an acrylic painter she pushes this medium to its max! Debra uses color and texture to express feeling and depth. Her focus is primarily on home and office decor art with additional lines of greeting cards, prints, and functional accessories.

Red Leaf - Kitchen Trivet - Cutting Board - Serving Plate From: Living In Full Color See Product Details Sellers Portfolio Sellers Website

This stunning piece of functional art is a collaboration between Debra Linker and LJ Mundy Studios. It is dishwasher safe tempered glass with four clear synthetic rubber feet to prevent slippage and provide lift. It is 8" x 12", heat and scratch resistant, and is ideal for serving hot dishes at the table. When not in use you can display this on a plate easel to brighten any counter top or kitchen. It is available in larger sizes and as coasters, too! Custom orders of any of Linker's art are available. This piece of functional art is available for $25.00.

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I love Debra's pears! This 9" x 12" piece is painted on all sides and ready to hang without framing. This colorful pear painting is available for only $25.00! This little gem could be hung in any room to brighten a space and add that perfect touch of red.

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This large pear painting is $500.00 and measures 16" x 20". This piece is also painted on all sides and ready to hang without framing. What a colorful piece to brighten any kitchen!

Yellow Leaf - Kitchen Trivet - Cutting Board - Serving Plate From: Living In Full Color See Product Details Sellers Portfolio Sellers Website

Debra's gorgeous pieces are also available as greeting cards. She has packets available with assorted themes.

"Pears" is available in the 4 designs above, for only $14.00/set. These cards are digital scans of original paintings and are custom printed by the artist. There are 4 cards to the set. Each card is white, 4.25" x 5.5" quality card stock and comes with a matching A2 envelope.

"Leaves," below,

is another beautiful assortment of greeting cards. These cards come in a packet of three and are available for $10.50.

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In her own words, Debra says:

I am an acrylic artist, living in the Seattle, WA, USA area. After 20 wonderful career years in high-tech senior management, I left corporate life, obtained a real estate license, and began painting - first as a hobby, and then as a passion, and now as a full fledged artist. If I am not painting enough, I don't feel whole.

My work is often vibrant, full of color, and ranges through a variety of "styles" and subjects. I have been featured in NW galleries/retail stores and love hosting art shows. Along with painting, I spend a great deal of time mentoring others to help them find their creative consciousness and voice.

Website - http://www.debralinker.com
Blog -- http://debralinker.blogspot.com

Copyright: All pieces in this blog posts are copyrighted by Debra Linker and may not be used for any purpose without prior written consent.

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DSG Dressed In Fall Colors

Autumn evokes so many warm feelings of abundance and the rich colors of changing leaves are an obvious choice for decorating home and hearth. Here is a sampling of how Design Style Guide artists catch the fleeting essence of autumn's leaves in their art and designs.


Let's begin our tour with this lovely photographic print from Ara133 Photography. I chose this particular photograph (out of a whole host of beautiful fall photographs) for its simplicity and starkness. The white background gives the illusion of a painting instead of a photograph, but with the depth and detail characteristic of photography!



This gorgeous table runner from Cranberry is a case in point, right down to the maple leave beaded fringe. But it doesn't stop at leaves, as her table decor selection covers every season and holiday.

This delightful original painting by Debra Linker, entitled Yellow Leaf, captures the color change up close and seems to possess the power of illumination.


I absolutely love this pillow cover from Umber Dove. It is aptly named The Tree Hugger and I love the play of tree trunk and tree ring and leaf design and, though the color is a bit more subtle than some of my other choices, I couldn't resist giving it a spotlight!

I must admit I have a thing for coasters of all kinds right now and these lovelies from Teresa's Ceramics struck my fancy. I love how the leaves are in mid-change and how they seem to be "fossilized" in the irregular-shaped ceramic squares.


Finally, I discovered this brilliant pair of etched copper maple leaf wall tiles from Copper Leaf Studios and decided that no parade of autumn leaf decor would be complete without a touch of shimmery, rich, warm copper!

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An Interview with Debra Linker

Debra grew up in Dallas, Texas and moved to Seattle about fourteen years ago, following a technical career path. Hers is a story of the left brain finally finding its right counterpart, a balance that was to change her direction in life toward a new identity: that of an artist.

“Growing up,” Debra says, “I was not even remotely interested in artistic endeavors.”

Then, one day, a good friend suggested she “should paint.” Out of the blue!

“I immediately disregarded it!”

But husband Bruce saw something in the possibilities. Curious to see what she was harboring, he took her shopping for art supplies.

Then, another friend recommended she read The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. Within days, she was attending a workshop based on the book. People were urging her to paint, cheering her along the way. She took lessons. She started exhibiting in a friend’s shop. A chain of events, a series of synchronicities….

Like Cinderella at the ball, she found that she had, indeed, been an artist all along.

Enter Etsy, a creative community where Debra could further foster her creative forces while being surrounded by like minds. And where she could actually SELL her works and be supported by others who were creating businesses out of their creations.

“I am daily inspired by the scenery, the nature, and the art community” in Seattle. “I live in a well-groomed evergreen forested area and there is no lack of subject matter for any of my art ‘phases.’”

“For the first time in my life, I am finding a desire to express social and political views that I have previously kept pretty much to myself. An example of this is the recent completion of ‘Viridis.’”


Her technique is as simple as it is difficult.

“I simply just start putting paint on the canvas – any paint, any color -- and, before long, I have the next stroke, and the next, and soon, I have another painting.”

And what does she see in her future? What defines success?

“Being able to paint another day; to have the materials, the time, and the ability to just paint another day…that would be my definition of success.”

To learn more about Debra and to see more of her beautiful work, please visit:

http://debralinker.com
http://debralinker.etsy.com
http://debralinker.blogspot.com

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