Debbie Angell is a former graphic artist who spent several years working in Spain, Germany, Hawaii and the Pacific Northwest. With a degree in Art History, she traveled extensively, visiting art museums and attending exhibitions. Influenced by her travels, she began painting and exhibiting her work while living in Europe and discovered a new passion.
Through her use of texture, Angell explores the appeal of surface deterioration - the way nature transforms elements through oxidation, peeling paint and corrosion. She builds texture slowly, layer upon layer, until a rich surface begins to emerge. Each layer of paint seems to peek through leaving a glimpse of what once existed. Her organic themes often explore the richness of a fleeting moment in time - a fragmented silhouette of a tree, or a flickering shadow on a weathered surface, and the beauty of a repeated pattern. Each fleeting moment acts as a poignant reminder of the joy in nature that surrounds us all, inviting our presence and quiet reflections.
Angell's work has been sold through galleries and can be found in designer showrooms and numerous private and corporate collections worldwide. She currently resides in Western Michigan where she lives on a lake and paints from her home studio.
