"Dawn"
Oil Painting
10" H x 18 W"
Framed.
Italian Bee's Wax Finish Frame.
Debra Buchanan
Debra Buchanan's keen observational skill, attention to detail and compositional acumen infuses her work with aesthetic ingenuity. Exquisite rendering is the hallmark of this accomplished artist. Whether in oils, pastels, graphite, or charcoal, her technique is extraordinary. She ardently carries on the still life and portrait traditions established by seventeenth century masters, imbuing her own modern spin into her work. She carries her work into the contemporary realm of design sensibility while mastering old world techniques.
Buchanan's works have been exhibited in numerous galleries such as The Toledo Museum of Art's Collector's Corner as well as being awarded a plethora of awards nationally, regionally, and locally including Best of Show, Roots of Diversity Multicultural Exhibition, Toledo, Ohio, Third Award, Purchase Award, and the Molly Morpeth Award for Painting at the Toledo Area Artist Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, and First Place Works on Paper, 71st Annual Ohio Exhibition, Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, Ohio to mention a few.
Debra Buchanan earned a Master's in Education degree from Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio and a B.F.A. degree from Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio. She studied in Italy for a summer with renown painter Patrick Betaudier.
Education
2004 Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, Masters in Education Curriculum/Teaching
1993 Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio, BFA, Illustration/Advertising
1979 Louisiana Tech University, European Study Program, Italy, Greece, France
Awards
2022 Honorable Mention, TFAS 10+5 Exhibition, Center for Visual Arts Toledo University, Toledo, Toledo, OH
2021 Finalist, Martha's Vineyard Drawing Competition, Martha's Vineyard, MA
2019 Finalist, Martha's Vineyard Drawing Competition, Martha's Vineyard, MA
2019 Third Place, Findlay Art League's Fall Exhibition, Findlay, OH
2018 First Place, Swanton Fine Art Exhibition, Valleywood Golf Club, Swanton, OH
2017 Second Place & Honorable Mention, Swanton Fine Art Exhibition, Valleywood Golf Club, Swanton, OH
2016 First Place & People's Choice, Swanton Fine Art Exhibition, Valleywood Golf Club, Swanton, OH
2015 First Place Works on Paper, 71st Ohio Annual Exhibition, Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, OH
2015 People's Choice & Second Place, Swanton Fine Art Exhibition, Valleywood Golf Club, Swanton, OH
2011 Molly Morpeth Canaday Award for Painting, 93rd Toledo Area Artist Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2010 Leonardo da Vinci Award, Salon de Refuse Exhibition, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, OH
2009 Second Place, A Different Perspective, Findlay Art League, Findlay, OH
2009 Picasso Award & Honorable Mention, Prizm Member's Show, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Fine Art Center, Bowling Green State University, Toledo, OH
2005 Third Award, 87th Toledo Area Artist Award, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2005 Hancock Youth Leadership Award & Award of Merit, 29th Annual Show, Findlay Art League, Findlay OH
2004 Purchase Award, 86th Toledo Area Artist Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Publications
2021 Toledo Museum of Art's digital Winter 2021-2022 Catalog
2021 Toledo Museum of Art, arTMAtters, Winter/Spring
2021 Draft Diaries podcast interview WGTE
2019 Toledo Museum of Art's catalog
2016 Toledo Blade, Thursday, November 3, Around Town
2011 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
2011 93rd Toledo Area Artist 2011 Exhibition Catalog, Toledo Federation of Artists & Toledo Museum of Art
2010 The City Paper, November 10
2010 The Perrysburg Journal, June
2005 Toledo Blade, January 28
2005 The Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, May
2001 The City Paper, September
Exhibitions
2022 76th Ohio Annual Exhibition, Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, OH
2022 TFAS 10+5 Exhibition, Center for Visual Arts Toledo University, Toledo, OH
2022 Time Will Tell Exhibition, Coburn Gallery Ashland University, Ashland, OH
2022 Swanton Fine Art Exhibition, Valleywood Golf Club, Swanton, OH
2022 Magical World, Owens Community College, Walter E. Terhune Gallery, Owens Community College, Perrysburg, OH
2021 Martha's Vineyard Drawing Prize Competition, Martha's Vineyard, MA
2021 Swanton Fine Art Competition, Swanton, OH
2020 A Touch of Color Exhibition, Fuller Art House, Sylvania, OH
2020 74th Ohio Annual Exhibition, Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, OH
2020 100+3 Toledo Federation of Artists, 20 North Gallery, Toledo, OH
2019 Inaugural Martha's Vineyard Drawing Prize Competition, Martha's Vineyard, MA
2019 38th Annual Michigan Fine Art Competition and Exhibition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
2019 Swanton Fine Art Exhibition, Valleywood Golf Club, Swanton, OH
2019 Annual NowOh Show, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Fine Art Center, Bowling Green State University, OH
2019 Findlay art League's Open Fall Exhibition, Findlay, OH
2018 Art Now Drawing, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, OH
2018 Swanton Fine Art Exhibition, Valleywood Golf Club, Swanton, OH
2018 Fuller Art House Invitational, Sylvania, OH
2018 Findlay Art League's Open Fall Exhibition, Findlay, OH
2017 The Chautauqua National Juried Exhibition, Order & Chaos, Richmond, KY
2017 Prizm Art-a-Fair Invitational Exhibition, One SeaGate, Toledo, OH
2017 Swanton Fine Art Exhibition, Valleywood Golf Club, Swanton, OH
2016 Swanton Fine Art Exhibition, Valleywood Golf Club, Swanton, OH
2016 The Artist Kitchen Invitational Exhibition, Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
2016 7th Annual NOWOH Show, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Fine Art Center, Bowling Green State University, OH
2015 93rd Annual All-Media Exhibition, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2015 71st Ohio Annual Exhibition, Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, OH
2015 Ohio State Fair Fine Art Exhibition, Cox Fine Art Center, Columbus, OH
2015 People on Paper, Community Gallery, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2015 Swanton Fine Art Exhibition, Valleywood Golf Club, Swanton, OH
2014 7th Annual NOWOH Show, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Fine Art Center, Bowling Green State University, OH
2012 Now Wow Project II, National International Juried Exhibition, Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
2012 5th Annual NOWOH Show, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Fine Art Center, Bowling Green State University, OH
2011 93rd Toledo Area Artist Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2011 Toledo Museum of Art Community Gallery, Prizm Creative Community, Toledo, OH
2010 Salon de Refuse, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo Parkwood Gallery, Toledo, OH
2009 A Different Perspective, Findlay Art League, Findlay, OH
2009 NOWOH Show, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Fine Art Center, Bowling Green State University, OH
2009 Member's Show, Prizm Creative Community, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Fine Art Center, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2008 90th Toledo Area Artist Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2008 Spring Exhibition, Lima Art Space, Lima, OH
2007 Garden Exhibition, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo Parkwood Gallery, Toledo, OH
2007 Faces Exhibition, Walter E. Terhune Gallery, Owens Community College, Perrysburg, OH
2007 Faculty Exhibition, Walter E. Terhune Gallery, Owens Community College, Perrysburg, OH
2006 Faculty Exhibition, Walter E. Terhune Gallery, Owens Community College, Perrysburg, OH
2005 29th Annual Juried Show, Findlay Art League, Findlay, OH
2005 Art on the Mall, Toledo University, Toledo, OH
2005 Group Exhibition, Parkwood Gallery, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, OH
2004 Faculty Exhibition, Walter E. Terhune Gallery, Owens Community College, Perrysburg, OH
2004 86th Toledo Area Artist Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2004 5 X 7 Group Show, Eberly Center, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
2003 85th Toledo Area Artist Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2003 16th Annual Roots of Diversity Multicultural Exhibition, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, OH
2003 The Black Swamp Arts Festival, Bowling Green, OH
2002 Great Lakes Pastel Society Regional Exhibition, Birmingham, MI
2002 15th Annual Roots of Diversity Multicultural Exhibition, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, OH
2002 The Healing Power of Art National Exhibition, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
2002 Solo Show, Franciscan Center, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH
2002 Salon de Refuse Exhibition, 20 North Gallery, Toledo, OH
2001 The Nude 2001 National/International Exhibition, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
2001 2nd Annual Photography Exhibition, Turning Point Gallery, Washington DC
2001 83rd Toledo Area Artist Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2001 Solo Show, SeaGate Gallery, Toledo, OH
2001 Art on the Mall, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
2000 Harrisburg 72nd Annual National/International Exhibition, Harrisburg, PA
2000 Studio Artist Exhibition, 20 North Gallery, Toledo, OH
2000 Solo Show, Franciscan Center, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH
2000 Award Winners Group Show, Angelwood Gallery, Grand Rapids, OH
2000 Art on the Mall, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Gallery Representation
Collector's Corner Gallery, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Projects
2022 Bright View Senior Living, Virginia, collaborating with glass mosaic artist Gail Christofferson, concept and design was selected to be installed as a glass mosaic mural.
2022 Bowling Green State University Alumni Association, concepts and designs in collaboration with glass mosaic artist Gail Christofferson were implemented a mural.
2022 Franklin Park Mall, Toledo, Ohio, concepts and designs in collaboration with glass mosaic artist were implemented as a glass mosaic instillation.
2022 Facebook Data Center, New Albany, Ohio in collaboration with Glass mosaic artist Gail Christofferson, concepts and designs were implemented as a glass mosaic Mural.
2021 Detroit Institute of Art, for the Macomb Library, design was selected and implemented by glass mosaic artist Gail Christofferson.
2021 New Mexico, Albuquerque Government Offices, design concept was selected and implemented as a mural by glass mosaic artist Gail Christofferson.
2021 Our House, Ypsilanti, Michigan, design was selected and implemented as a 5 x 12 feet mural by glass mosaic artist Gail Christofferson.
2020 Simpson Garden Park, Bowling green, Ohio, design executed in glass by Gail Christofferson as a sculpture in the park.
2019 Facebook Data Center, Bend, Oregon, working in collaboration with glass mosaic artist Gail Christofferson, design was selected and installed as a mural 14 x 8 feet.
2019 Mentor Library, Mentor, Ohio, design was selected and implemented by glass mosaic artist Gail Christofferson.
2019 Facebook Data Center, New Albany Ohio, second design was selected and installed as a 8 X 12 foot mural by glass mosaic artist Gail Christofferson.
2018 Facebook Data Center, New Albany, Ohio, working in collaboration with glass mosaic artist Gail Christofferson, design was selected and installed as a mural 6 x 14 feet.
2018 First Federal Bank, Sylvania, Ohio, working in collaboration with glass mosaic artist, Gail Christofferson, design was commissioned and installed as a glass mosaic window treatment.
2018 First Presbyterian Church in Maumee, Ohio, working in collaboration with glass mosaic artist, Gail Christofferson, design was commissioned and installed as a window hanging 2 x 11 ½ feet.
2018 Abe's Garden Alzheimer Facility, Nashville Tennessee, design was selected and installed by glass mosaic artist Gail Christofferson as a 3 X 5 foot mural.
2018 Maumee Valley Hospital South, Dayton, Ohio, collaborating with glass mosaic artist Gail Christofferson, and the Dayton Arts.
2018 Commission, design was selected and installed as a glass mosaic mural of four panels, 10 x 6 foot each totaling 10 X 24 feet.
2017 Southeast Branch Library, Dayton, Ohio, collaborating with glass mosaic artist Gail Christofferson, design was commissioned and installed as a mural 10 X 15 feet.
2017 Kroger's Grocery, Waterville, Ohio, collaborating with glass mosaic artist Gail Christofferson, design was commissioned and installed as a mural 10 X 19 feet.
2017 Washtenaw and Monroe County Youth Centers, YAAW, Ann Arbor & Monroe Michigan, designs for Obelisk sculptures, collaborating with glass mosaic artist Gail Christofferson were selected, constructed and installed for the youth centers.
2016 Perrysburg Cancer Center, Perrysburg, Ohio collaborating with glass artist Gail Christofferson, design was commissioned and installed as a glass mosaic mural window treatment, 4 panels, 24 x 74 inches each panel.
2015 Lorain Public Library, Lorain, Ohio, collaborating with glass artist Gail Christofferson, design was commissioned and implemented as a 5 X 10-foot glass mosaic mural.
2015 Dayton Public Library, Kettering Branch, Kettering, Ohio collaborating with glass artist Gail Christofferson, design was commissioned and installed as a glass mosaic mural, 6 x 9 feet.
Publications
The City Paper, September 6-12, 2001: Matthew Weiderhold, "While many artists concentrate on one medium, Buchanan explores many tackling new forms until she conquers them. Once comfortable with her tools, Buchanan demonstrates bravado, playing light against shadow much like Kathe Kollwitz or photographer Margaret Bourke-White. Her creativity seems to ooze from her body."
The Weekly, 3-30-00: Rebecca Golden, "Debra Buchanan has two works in the show. "Red Plaid Shirt," a pastel portrait depicting a man in a red plaid shirt. His piercing brown eyes gaze warily at the world through black-rimmed glasses. His dark hair is graying in a way people refer to as distinguished. Through the red plaid of the title shirt is perfectly rendered - indeed, the medium really lends itself to creating the texture of flannel - it seems as though this man would feel much more at home in a three-piece suit, complete with power tie. Something in his steady gaze conveys an authority belied by his attire. The portrait compels attention and is worthy of a second glance."
The Toledo Blade, 8-17-00: Rebekah Scott, "Soft textural decorative handmade paper creations. They are neat, beaded and threaded, shadow-boxed and utterly professional."
20 North Gallery 2000: Peggy Grant, Art Director, "Debra Buchanan can be counted on to go far in the realist realm of painting. She holds an impressive record of awards and commissions for such a young artist. Her hauntingly beautiful black and white charcoal drawings are simply stunning."
Workshops
2015 Painting, Drawing, Collage, Mixed Media, Charcoal, Gelli Plate Printing, Workshops, Lectures
2015 Lectures on Color and Brush Use and Care, Art Supply Depo, Toledo, OH
2011 Lecture on Color Theory, Way Branch Library, Prizm Creative Community, Perrysburg, OH
2010 Painting Workshop, Prizm Creative Community, Perrysburg, OH
2010 Drawing I & II, Owens Community College, Perrysburg, OH
2009 Drawing I & II, Owens Community College, Perrysburg, OH
2008 Drawing I & II, Owens Community College, Perrysburg, OH
2008 Knitting for the Needy, Developed and implemented a knitting program for 6th graders at Larchmont Elementary, Toledo Public Schools, donating items to YWCA Women's Shelter, Toledo, OH
2007 Lecture on Early Italian Painting Technique, Way Branch Library, Perrysburg, OH
2007 Mixed Media Workshop, Prizm Creative Community, Perrysburg, OH
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.
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