Debra Buchanan Fine Artist: Painter, Mixed Media, Figurative Work, Drawing Mediums 2009 Idaho Toledo, Ohio 43605 | 419-693-3289 debrabuchanan2009@yahoo.com

Title: Charlie Medium: Oil on linen; 4x6 in Price: $950 - SOLD

Title: Till Daybreak and Shadows FleeMedium: Oil on Linen, 15 x 21Price: $1700 - SOLD

Title: SuzzanneMedium: Oil on Linen; 13 x 17Price: $1500 - SOLDAward: 2nd Award Toledo Area Artists Exhibitions Published in The Blade (Toledo, Ohio) Third Award, Toledo Area Artists Exhibition hosted at the Toledo Museum of Art, Published Toledo Blade 2005

Title: Red Plaid ShirtMedium: Pastel on Black Rag Paper; 28x18Price: Collection of the ArtistAwards: Published in the City Paper (Toledo, Ohio)

Title: Suzzanne in Red Medium: Oil on Linen; 15x23Price: $1900

Title: Toy Soldiers IMedium: Oil on Linen; 15x23Price:

Title: Toy Soldiers IIMedium: Oil on Canvas on hardboard; 9x13Price: $2500.00, Sold Awards: Published in Toledo Museum of Art’s Artmatters 2010, Toledo Area Artists Exhibition Catalog 2010, Toledo Museum of Art’s Late Exhibition Brochure Molly Morepeth Canaday Award for Painting, Toledo Area Artists Exhibition, hosted at Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio

Title: Embrace of LifeMedium: Graphite on Watercolor Paper; 25x37Price: $1900

Title: Molly, MollyMedium: Graphite on Bristol Board; 13x17Price: $295 - SOLDAwards: Published in Toledo Museum of Art’s “ArtMatters”

Title: Christine I Medium: Charcoal, 24x30 Price: $595 - Sold

Title: Christine II Medium: Charcoal, 24x30 Price: $595

Title: Christine III Medium: Charcoal, 24x30 Price: $595

Title: Three GracesMedium: Oil on Canvas; 30x40Price: $2500

Title: In Dew Time Medium: Oil on Linen; 20x20Price: $1900

Title: Butterfly House IMedium: Oil on Gesso Board, 9x12Price: $495 - SOLD

Title: Butterfly House IIMedium: Oil on Gesso Board; 9x12Price: $495 - SOLD

Title: Seedpods Study in Red IMedium: Oil on Gesso Board; 9x12Price: $495

Title: Stone Study on Red IIMedium: Oil on Gesso Board 9x12Price: $495

Title: Denny Bug, Denny BugMedium: Photo Collage Transfer Mixed Media 22x30Price: $695

Title: Innocence Betrayed Medium: Photo collage transfer media; 32x40 Price: $495Award: Award of Merrit, Lexington Art League’s National Exhibition, The Healing Power of Art, Lexington , Kentucky

Title: Beauty Beyond Chaos Medium: Handmade paper/ Mixed media, 32x40 Price: $1250.00 Award: Best of Show, Roots of Diversity Multicultural Exhibition, Toledo, Ohio

Education 2004 Bowling Green State University, Masters in Education, Curriculum/Teaching 1993 Columbus College of Art and Design, BFA, Illustration/Advertising 1979 Louisiana Tech University, European Study Program

Awards 2011 Molly Morpeth Canaday Award, 93rd Toledo Area Artist Exhibition, Toledo Federation of Artists, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio

2010 Leonardo da Vinci Award, Salon de Refuse, Prizm Creative Community, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, Ohio

2009 Second Place, Findlay Art League, A different Perspective, Findlay, Ohio Picasso Award, Prizm Members Show, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio Honorable Mention, Prizm Members Show, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio

2005 Third Award, 87th Toledo Area Artist Exhibition, Toledo Federation of Artists, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio Award of Merit, Findlay Art League’s 29th Annual Juried Show, Findlay, Ohio Hancock Youth Leadership Award, Findlay Art League’s 29th Annual Juried Show, Findlay, Ohio

2004 Purchase Award, 86th Toledo Area Artist Exhibition, Toledo Federation of Artists, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio Second Place, Roots of Diversity Multicultural Exhibition, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, Ohio

2002 Best of Show, Roots of Diversity Multicultural Exhibition, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, Ohio Second Place, Spectrum, Salon de Refuse’ Exhibition, Toledo, Ohio Award of Merit, The Healing Power of Art National Exhibition, Lexington Art League, Lexington, Kentucky

2001 Award for Outstanding Work, Skokie 40th Annual Art Festival, Skokie, Illinois

2000 Honorable Mention, Spectrum Gallery, Members Show, Toledo, Ohio

1997 Award of Distinction, Spectrum Gallery, Jewelry Miniatures & Glass Show, Toledo, Ohio

1996 Third Place, Portrait Figure Drawing Show, Spectrum Gallery, Toledo, Ohio Third Place, Spectrum Gallery, Impressions of Nature Show, Toledo, Ohio Award of Distinction, Spectrum Gallery, Fall Open Show, Toledo, Ohio Best of Show, Spectrum Gallery, Ebony and Ivory Show, Toledo, Ohio Honorable Mention, Spectrum Gallery, Ebony and Ivory Show, Toledo, Ohio

Gallery Representation Collector’s Corner, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio

Seminars/ Lectures/ Service 2011 Lecture on Color Theory, Way Branch Library, Perrysburg, Ohio Collage and Mixed Media Workshop, Prizm Creative Community, Perrysburg, Ohio Jewelry Making Workshop, Prizm Creative Community, Perrysburg, Ohio

2010 Painting Seminars, Prizm Creative Community, Perrysburg, Ohio, 3 workshops 2010,9,8 Drawing Classes, Taught drawing I & II at Owens Community College for 3 years, 2008,7,6

2008 Knitting for the Needy, developed & implemented a knitting program for 6th grade students at Larchmont Elementary School, donating knitted items to the YMCA Women’s Shelter

2007 Lecture on Painting Technique, Perrysburg, Ohio Mixed Media Techniques Workshop, Prizm Creative Community, Perrysburg, Ohio

1997 Served on the Board of Spectrum Friends of Fine Art for three years including volunteering as the Chairperson for Education and the Ways and Means Committees, 1997,8,9

Publications 2012 NOW WOW Project II Exhibition, Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, Ohio NOWOH Show, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio

2011 The Toledo Blade, August 28, 2011 Toledo Museum of Art, Artmatters, September-December 2011 Toledo Museum of Art, Artmatters, January-April, 2011 Toledo Museum of Art, Late 2011 Exhibition Brochure 93rd Toledo Area Artist 2011 Exhibition Catalog

2010 The City Paper, November 10, 2010 The Perrysburg Journal, June 2010 2005 The Toledo Blade, January 28, 2005 The Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, May 2005

2001 The City Paper, September 2001

Exhibitions 2011 93rd Toledo Area Artists Exhibition, Toledo Federation of Artists, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio Prizm Creative Community, Toledo Museum of Art Community Gallery, Toledo, Ohio

2010 Salon de Refuse, Prizm Creative Community, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo Parkwood Gallery, Toledo, Ohio

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2009 Findlay Art League, A Different Perspective, Findlay, Ohio Northwest Ohio Show, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio Prizm Creative Community, Members Exhibition, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio

2008 Lima Art Space, Spring Exhibition, Lima, Ohio 90th Toledo Area Artist Exhibition, Toledo Federation of Artists, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio

2007 Arts Commission of Greater Toledo Garden Exhibit, Parkwood Gallery, Toledo, Ohio Owens Community College, Faculty Exhibition, Walter E. Terhune Gallery, Toledo, Ohio Owens Community College Faces Exhibition, Walter E. Terhune Gallery, Toledo, Ohio

2006 Owens Community College, Faculty Exhibition, Walter E. Terhune Gallery, Toledo, Ohio

2005 Findlay Art League, 29th Annual Juried Show, Findlay, Ohio Art on the Mall, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio

2004 Owens Community College, Faculty Exhibition, Walter E. Terhune Gallery, Toledo, Ohio 5 X 7 Group Show, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 86th Toledo Area Artist Exhibition, Toledo Federation of Artists, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio

2003 85th Toledo Area Artist Exhibition, Toledo Federation of Artists, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio Roots of Diversity Multicultural Exhibition, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, Ohio The Black Swamp Arts Festival, Bowling Green, Ohio

2002 Great Lakes Pastel Society Regional Show, Birmingham, Michigan 15th Annual Roots of Diversity Multicultural Exhibition, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, Ohio Lexington Art League, The Healing Power of Art National Exhibition, Lexington, Kentucky Lourdes College Franciscan Center Solo Show, Sylvania, Ohio The Salon de Refuse’ Show, 20 North Gallery, Toledo, Ohio

2001 SeaGate Gallery, Solo Show, Toledo, Ohio Lexington Art League, The Nude 2001 National/International Exhibition, Lexington, Kentucky Turning Point Gallery, 2nd Annual Photography Exhibition, Washington DC Toledo Area Artists Exhibition, Toledo Federation of Artists, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio Arts on the Mall, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio

2000 Harrisburg 72nd Annual National/International Exhibition, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Midwestern Museum of Art Gallery, Elkhart, Indiana Spectrum Gallery Members Show, Toledo, Ohio Angelwood Gallery, Group Show, Grand Rapids, Ohio Spectrum Gallery Open Summer Show, Toledo, Ohio Studio Artists’ Exhibition, 20 North Gallery, Toledo, Ohio Lourdes College Franciscan Center, Solo Show, Sylvania, Ohio

1999 Spectrum Gallery Members Show, Toledo, Ohio Spectrum Gallery Spring Open Show, Toledo, Ohio Studio Exhibition, 20 North Gallery, Toledo, Ohio Spectrum Gallery Award Winners Show, Toledo, Ohio Spectrum Gallery Fiber & Photography Show, Toledo, Ohio Lourdes College Franciscan Center, Solo Show, Sylvania, Ohio Guerilla Gallery, Group Show, Toledo, Ohio Art on the Mall, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio

1998 Spectrum Gallery Impressions of Nature Show, Toledo, Ohio Salon de Refuse’ Show, Spectrum Gallery, Toledo, Ohio Art on the Mall, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio

1997 Spectrum Gallery Member’s Show, Toledo, Ohio Group Show at the Medical College of Ohio Mulford Library, Toledo, Ohio Spectrum Gallery Figure Drawing Portrait Show, Toledo, Ohio Toledo Area Artist Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio Art on the Mall, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio Spectrum Gallery Jewelry Miniatures & Glass Show, Toledo, Ohio Spectrum Gallery Open Fall Show, Toledo, Ohio

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My Artwork is my voice in visual format, expressing feelings, thoughts and emotions that I am unable to articulate verbally. Part of my work addresses social issues such as child abuse, elder care and alcoholism. Some of my work is completed to simply make an emotional impact on the viewer and intended to elicit a raw emotional response. All of my work is meant to inner act with the viewer on an emotional level no matter what that response might be: love, loathing, shock, appalled, tranquil, thought provoking.

At times I draw inspiration for my work from events in my life that have had a profound impact on me. Other times my work is an eruption of emotion that captures a moment in time, a glance, or an atmosphere. And still there are times when my work is more narrative in nature, telling a story as painting did during the time of the Renaissance. There are yet other occasions when I incorporate self composed poetry and verse into the work.

I work in a variety of media including but not limited to oils, mixed media, pastels, and collage. This permits me the freedom to select the medium that will emphasize and intensify the concept that I am attempting to communicate. Incorporating contrast, texture, dramatic lighting, strong chromatic colors into dynamic compositions, I strive for technical excellence in any medium that I choose to work in.

Some could argue that there is no commonality in my body of works that it is not cohesive, that you cannot look at my work and immediately recognize it as my work. I would state that the thread that is woven through my work that is indeed binding is the expression of, exploration of, and the quality of emotional content. For it is an elusive, intangible quality that I strive to attain in my work and not easily recognizable and sometimes as subtle as a whisper while other times as shocking as a slap in the face, however my goal is to elicit an emotional connection between the work, the artist and the viewer.

My work is part of me and holds a part of me with in it and I want my work to touch people with emotion.

Artist Statement