An Art Journey: Birthday Tea One

Saturday, April 04, 2009

Birthday Tea One

My birthday is March 30. Last Saturday two friends took me out to lunch to this wonderful restaurant/tea room called Teaberry's in Flemington, NJ. It's a darling converted Victorian home, very cute. We had a lovely meal and tea there. I had brought my camera, and my friends kept arranging things on the table, and getting me to arrange things too, into still lifes and telling me to take photos, which I did.

So then they said they expected to see a series of paintings from these photos! :-) Well as usually happens the photos were not as wonderful as I had hoped, but some were not too bad. So I decided to try one today and see if I might do a "tea series".

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: I'm glad that you had a good time. There is something so appealing about going for 'tea' and I think you have a great start on the series..Michelle; 1:51 PM

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: Name:Debbie Cusick; Location:NE Florida, United States

Debbie has loved nature and drawing since early childhood, and spent a lot of time drawing and coloring - mostly animals, and visiting art museums, encouraged by an artistic and nature-loving mother. At age 11 she won an art scholarship of a year’s free lessons at the Montclair Art Museum.

But Debbie veered away from art in her teen years. Her interests lay in more classical drawing, and more representational interpretations, all of which were totally out of vogue, and totally untaught, in those teen years. In her 20s she turned to quilting, and spent many years making quilts, primarily her own original designs.

But she still missed drawing, painting, and the fine arts, and in 2005 began to pursue this passion again. She discovered pastels and finally found an art medium she could love.

From 2005-2011 she continued to take lessons with Master Pastelists – first Alex Piccarillo at the Montclair Art Museum (Life drawing, figurative art) and later with Christina Debarry (still lifes and landscapes) at her home studio. Debbie owes a huge debt of gratitude to both Alex and Christina, to their fine teaching skills and warm personalities.

Debbie is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of New Jersey, and served as their 2^nd Vice President and Exhibitions Chair. In 2011 Debbie moved to northeast Florida where she just completed a 2-year term as President of the Art Guild of Orange Park, is a member of the First Coast Plein Air Painters, and also currently serves as the Webmaster of the First Coast Pastel Society , as well as a board member of the St. Johns Audubon chapter.

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