Deborah Ebbers was born in 1964, in Kalamazoo Michigan.  The daughter of two artists, Ebbers was raised in a studio and explored painting and drawing before she could talk.  Summers were spent on painting excursions with her parents and their artist friends.  These invaluable, early influences taught her, how to wield a brush and the use of color, in order to express the intricate, ever-changing interplay between landscape and the passage of light.  An avid naturalist, Ebbers grew up with a reverent wonder for the primordial world, which naturally expressed itself through the poetry of painting.

 

Deborah Ebbers monumental landscape paintings combine intuition, finely developed craftmanship, and discipline.  The result is an extravaganza of color and light.  To achieve the ethereal presence and luminosity that her work is known for, it is not uncommon to find ten or more layers of glaze over parts of her pieces.  Her canvases reflect a high standard of expertise, exploration, and invention, in a style that is ever evolving.

 

Deborah Ebbers completed a formal art education.  She attended Kendall School of Art and Design and recieved a BFA from Calvin College.  Her art work has been exhibited in numerous solo shows at Mary Bell Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, Illinios; Marshal Gallery of Art, Scottsdale, Arizona; and Tamarack Gallery, Omena, Michigan.  She has also exhibited in SOFA, New York, and SOFA, Chicago. 

 

Deborah Ebbers paintings hang in select  private and corporate collections, nationally.  The corporate collections include:  Alticore Corporation, Executive Boardroom, Ada Michigan; Calvin College, Prince Business School, Grand Rapids, Michigan; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas; The Seminole Group, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Central Dupage Hospital, Corporate Offices, Hobart, Indiana; Prentice Women's Hospital, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.