Bio

DEBORAH EVADNEY MYRIE

I am a spiritual being having a human experience, and my divinity is expressed through my artwork.  As a self-taught visual artist, I have worked with several mediums and find water-based oils to be the most synergistic with my flow. I do not plan the pieces; they reveal themselves to me.  An inspiration excites my imagination.  Then filled with enthusiasm, I surrender to it with each brushstroke I put on canvas and work tirelessly until it is done. Those who have seen my work comment that the paintings are visually stimulating and bring them a sense of balance. I feel I have found my life’s calling.

Born in Britain, Deborah Evadney Myrie has been a New York City-based artist for fifteen years. Deborah studied textile design at Parsons School of Design where she pioneered a technique of introducing dye to paper to re-create a sense of movement. The abstract images and vibrant colors she produced in fabric influences her current work as a fine artist and painter.

Combining different mediums, ideas, and compositions, Deborah suffuses her work with emotion ranging from meditative calm to intense passion. Her newest series, Aqueous Art seamlessly melds color and form. Her figures are composed of patterns, shifts and fluidity reminiscent of the motion of water. The viewer is reminded of the profound connection between body and sea.

A skilled composer, Deborah is constantly striving to expand on traditional art-making techniques. For Aqueous Art, she first creates brush and watercolor pieces, and then manipulates them digitally. The resulting abstractions serve as inspiration for her finished work.

Deborah believes that critical study of color and form for each individual piece is essential. The process includes multiple transformations before the pieces are ready for presentation. As a result, no two paintings are the same.

ARTIST STATMENT

I have been a working artist for 15 years.  My work is always evolving in both content and technique.

Most recently, I have been abstracting my original brush andwatercolor pieces by manipulating them digitally. I use these expandedimages as inspiration for my original abstracted figurative oil andacrylic paintings.

The images represent minimalism and with the use of white backgrounds the work has a more internal quality to them, they rely less on color to express power, emotion and movement. The strength of the pieces emanates from within the figures. They have a pulse! The pieces symbolize freedom and joy; they are free flowing and appear to float within the canvas.

Art is subjective, but it is my hope that the works evoke joy and tranquility and that with each piece the viewer experiences a unique perception of depth, movement and color.