Debra Vodhanel

Artist Statement

My paintings emerge from the manipulation of shape, paint flow, texture, and color on previously pristine white two dimensional surfaces. With the exception of preplanning my materials and hoping to arrest something beautiful I have never seen before on the painting surface, I have no preplanned image. I start with chaos, and work toward a meaning which is never reached, but left hovering beneath conscious identification.

I work in watercolor, egg tempura, and oils. Recent work is oil on wood panels, most are 2 feet by 4 feet

Debra Vodhanel

Education

Bachelor of Science, Philosophy: U.C. Santa Cruz

Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts: Atelier M. Nallard, Paris, France

Art Center College of Design: Pasadena, California

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture: Skowhegan, Maine

Master Degree, Human Development: Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena