Deborah Bigeleisen is a contemporary artist whose evocative paintings of natural forms encompass so much energy, movement and mystery as to be eternally engaging. 
The key to her success is her unique vision and how she immortalizes the transitory nature of life using a single image of a flower as her subject. Fleeting effects of natural phenomena become permanent points of reference. Through her exceptional composition and profound sense of color, combined with a technique reminiscent of the 17th Century Dutch Masters, her work elicits a fresh insight and a new perspective on the familiar.
Always captivated with the colors, patterns and textures in nature that surrounded her growing up in Los Angeles, Deborah gravitated to a career in Textile Design as a vehicle through which she could combine her talent and love of nature. In 1969 she graduated with a degree in Textile Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. After working as a fabric stylist for 11 years for major corporations, Deborah pioneered a sales organization in 1981 for the European design studios to have greater exposure in the American market. In addition, Deborah was the creative force behind establishing a private label line of prints that earned her company a global reputation as one of the pre-eminent design houses for floral prints for the apparel and home furnishing industries.
In 1998, Deborah moved from New York City to West Palm Beach, Florida, and fine tuned her natural talents through rigorous training and master artist workshops, where she studied and applied the methods and glazing techniques of the Dutch Master Artists to large scale paintings of individual blossoms notable for their depth, illumination and buttery looking surfaces. With her mastery of composition, color, and technique, Deborah quickly found distinguished galleries eager to exhibit her work and serious collectors actively acquiring it.
A pivotal point early in Deborah’s career was the 1999 Gordon Parks exhibition Half Past Autumn. Inspired by a series that Parks created in the 1990’s in which he juxtaposed ordinary objects in unusual contexts, Deborah produced a series of paintings with flora as an integral element. Two of these paintings were selected for major exhibitions. Islands of the Aegean, was showcased in 2003 for “Brave Destiny” at the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center in Brooklyn, NY. Her painting Wings was chosen for “Inspirations 2003” at the Cornell Museum of Art in Delray Beach, FL. Deborah was fortunate to meet with Gordon Parks on several occasions as a result of this body of work.
Deborah’s work has been exhibited in numerous other museum exhibitions, and has received several awards. Her work is featured in the international publications of Studio Visit - volume four, and the 2006 and 2009 editions of 'New Art International.
