Deborah Sacks has been an art student, artist, and art teacher all of her adult life. She completed a B.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design, an M.A. from Towson State University, and an M.A.L.S. from Wesleyan University. Courses and workshops at Trinity College and Hartford Art School have provided further training. After much experience with diverse media and materials, Deborah came to concentrate primarily on printmaking. Her current work builds upon years of intaglio and relief printing using metal, wood, and linoleum plates. When switching to more environmentally friendly techniques, Deborah now uses solar plates and water-based inks to produce results comparable to acid etching. Deborah also combines her original paintings, drawings, etchings, and photographs within a digital print. The prints are on archival paper and she often applies further enhancement with pastel or paint.
Deborah divides her time between Avon, Connecticut, and her second residence in Chelsea, Vermont. She has retired from a long career of teaching art in Connecticut public schools. Deborah gives private lessons to junior high and high school students and adults. Her award-winning prints have appeared in juried exhibitions at Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT; New Britain Museum of American Art, CT; Slater Museum at the Norwich Free Academy, Norwich, CT; West Hartford Art League, CT; New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH; Wesleyan Potters, Middletown, CT, Loading Dock Gallery, Lowell, MA; and the 6th Biennial International Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT.
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Deborah Illustrating Her Process: Creating “Cats and Canaries”
