Deb Baillieul

Deb Baillieul grew up in eastern Massachusetts, living in a 300 yr old farm house on many acres of woods, fields and swaps.  Her mother was an avid gardener, horticulturalist and floral design.  It was from her that Deb learned the basics of good design.  Summers on Cape Cod allowed Deb to explore freely the natural world including the shoreline and cranberry bogs.  

She studied textiles and clothing at the University of

Massachusetts and developed an appreciation of styles, art

principles, especialy line color texture and design. After a few

years of marrying and living in Botswana, Deb began experimenting with visual art. In

Pittsburgh she added weaving. But it was in Columbus that she began to

really explore her art making, first with 10 years of color pencil

instruction, then for the last 24 years, Deb discovered art qults

taking dying, printing, and compostion classes with The Quilt Surface

Design Symposium. As for painting, the Columbus Cultural Arts Center

has given her great instrutors in painting and surface design for

20 years. Her fiber studio is in her home in Columbus, Ohio, with a dye studio in the

basement, and weaving room upstairs. She finds time and space to

create daily!

Juried Exhibitions:

NAACCM- Art of Soul

Ohio State Fair FIne Arts Division

Best of..., Ohio Craft Museum

Bryn Du Annual Art exhibition, Granville, Ohio

McConnell Art Center, Worthington, Ohio

Concourse Gallery, Upper Arlington Municipal Building, Ohio

High Road Gallery, Worthington, Ohio

Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Main Gallery and Loft Gallery

Many other nonjuried exhibitions. 

DEB BAILLIEUL, artist

As a fiber artist and painter, I have always been moved by the natural

world, the texture of the bark of a baobab tree, the color of macaw's

wings, the line of grape vies dripping high from an old oak, the

shape of a sycamore leaf, the dark clefts in a rocky ravine, and the

sound of ocean waves.

My current concerns are our warming world and changing land. My art

speaks to trees, the cleaners of air, givers of cool shade, providers

of habitats for all living creatures, and for their beauty.

We need beauty to soothe our souls in this troubled world.

I use paint, printing, drawing, and dyeing on fiber. I hand stich my

largely abstract designs.  Natural fibers of wool, linen, silk, and

cotton take the color best. t I also scour the thrift stores for

interesting clothing to re-purpose.

My inspirations come from places I have travelled and lived.

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United States