60 New Small Originals!
The store has been updated with 60 new small originals. Small Originals are one-of-a-kind original works priced under $300 and they all can be purchased on the site.
Browse the small originals collection.
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Print Of The Day - November 19, 2008 30% OFF
“we all have our place in this world”
8.5 x 11 watercolor print
Three little monkeys...each different, each growing up to become their own person, each with their place in the world. Lot's of fun and one of my children's animal print series.
Studio Open House
Deborah Cavenaugh Artist’s Studio Gallery
5028 Wrightsville Avenue
Wilmington, NC
(get directions)
Art, Prints, Cards, Commissions, Motivational Coaching
Open Wednesday Through Friday 12 - 6
Saturday 12 - 3
Or By Appointment (910.297.5383)
Or By Chance.
And, I am there a lot of other hours — always feel free to stop in
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Monhegan Island Maine
It will come to as surprise to those who know me to read that I love Maine. I went the first time about 1995 and fell in love with the state, the scenery, the culture, the wildlife and, yes, the Mainiacs! It is truly a beautiful and special place.
In my dream life, I have a little cottage in Maine. I can see it in my mind. It is close enough to the water to hear the ocean chime in on the rocks and pebbles and to smell the wild roses that grow amongst the boulders lining the beach. My little dream house is tiny and painted white. It has a little front porch where I take my morning coffee. The furnishings are spare and simple and old. There is no air conditioner and all the windows are always open. I sweep the bare floors clean every morning and wash all the dishes by hand. I hang the tea towels on a line to dry. In the side yard is my kitchen garden—tomatoes, cukes, squash, herbs and cutting flowers. Out back, I have an old shed art studio with a wide, swinging door, one window with window box and a worn, paint splotched plank floor. In my dream life, I drive up from North Carolina to my little Maine house just in time to get the garden in and return home when the first frost hits. I take my cats. I take my paints. My friends and family flow through the house all the summer long. What a good dream! I’m believing it will happen. (And, if you look through my paintings, you will see I have painted and painted again some version of this vision!)
Maine is place of islands, and the islands are full of little dream houses. There are so many islands. I think I read somewhere that Maine has more coastline than any other state. May or may not be true, but I am sure it is almost true! I love the Maine islands.
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Family Portraits
Painting the portrait of a family is such a rewarding part of my work.
I create the portraits from photographs. All I really need is one photo of each person and about 20 minutes of your time for an interview.
I’ve painted families just about anywhere you can imagine the family gathering–sitting around the living room, on a boat, in the yard, piled up in bed listening to a story, at the beach, gathered around the kitchen table—you name it, and I have probably painted it.
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Americana on Canvas
October 22, 2008 - Encore Magazine - Lauren Hodges
Article about Deborah Cavenaugh’s new joint show with Gail Sue.
“Most of Cavenaugh’s heartwarming collection, meant to draw from the “inside,” seem like stories from a children’s book: buying fruits and veggies from a farmer’s stand, flying a kit, and frolicking on the beach”
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The Next Frontier
October 01, 2008 - Encore Magazine - Lauren Hodges
Hodges’ article about Wrightsville Avenue Working Artist Studios (WAWAS) of which Deborah Cavenaugh is a founding member.
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Childrens & Nursery Prints
I love painting art for children. My prints run in themes from seaside to animals to vehicles to Mother Goose and so on. I am always adding a new print so check back. If you have an subject idea for me, send an e mail. You can view all the works in the collection in the online store under Childrens.
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Art of affirmation
March 20, 2008 - Wilmington Star News - John Staton
Article about Deborah Cavenaugh and the positive messages she promotes from within her art.
“Her bright watercolors, many of them beach and garden scenes or still-lifes inscribed with hand written affirmations (”I’m believing all things are possible”), are instantly recognizable and emit a kind of hard-worn serenity.”
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House Portraits
On the beach… in the city…
or around the neighborhood…
Deborah Cavenaugh uses her colorful and playful artistry to bring alive a unique portrait of your special place.
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Looking Closer Episode 12
“life flows sweetly down by the sea”
Deborah takes us for a closer look at “life flows sweetly by down by the sea” and discusses the familiar female figure in this and many of her paintings, Mrs. Mazursky. The iconographic Mrs. Mazursky was very important in building Deborah’s desire to become an artist, and her emergence a breakthrough moment for the artist.
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