Biography
Debra Lengyell is a graduate of The University of Waterloo where she majored in fine arts. She continued her art education at Mount Allison University because of her interest in Alex Colville.
Debra was an art specialist with the Waterloo Board of Education where she taught grades 1-8 art. She took early retirement in 2011 to pursue art full-time.
Debra has exhibited her award-winning art in galleries and juried shows including Homer Watson Gallery, the Art Gallery of Hamilton, The Etobicoke Civic Centre, Button Factory Arts, Box 13, the Earls Court Gallery, the Southampton Art Gallery, Paint Ontario, and the Montecastello Art Gallery in Umbria, Italy.
She is proud to have received the Homer Watson Legacy of Excellence Award three times.
Debra has had solo shows at the Berlin Tower at City Hall, Kitchener Central Library Art Gallery, the Minto Art Gallery, the Registry Theatre and at the Dundas Museum and Archives. Her work has appeared in the book Talent Next Door.
Debra is active in the Ontario art community and has been on the Executive of the Central Ontario Art Association for many years.
Debra was an art specialist with the Waterloo Board of Education where she taught grades 1-8 art. She took early retirement in 2011 to pursue art full-time.
Debra has exhibited her award-winning art in galleries and juried shows including Homer Watson Gallery, the Art Gallery of Hamilton, The Etobicoke Civic Centre, Button Factory Arts, Box 13, the Earls Court Gallery, the Southampton Art Gallery, Paint Ontario, and the Montecastello Art Gallery in Umbria, Italy.
She is proud to have received the Homer Watson Legacy of Excellence Award three times.
Debra has had solo shows at the Berlin Tower at City Hall, Kitchener Central Library Art Gallery, the Minto Art Gallery, the Registry Theatre and at the Dundas Museum and Archives. Her work has appeared in the book Talent Next Door.
Debra is active in the Ontario art community and has been on the Executive of the Central Ontario Art Association for many years.
Artist Statement
I would call myself an Impressionistic Artist. I paint people and landscapes but, for me, the subject matter is secondary to how light affects things and creates interesting shadows and shapes.
Using only one palette knife, I enjoy the texture it creates in the paint. The knife helps me get to the essence of the subject and not get caught up in the details. I’m not interested in outside lines either but, again, in the shapes of the light and in the values created in what I see. If I succeed in getting these, then I’ve created recognizable objects.
Debra Lengyell can be reached at debralengyell@gmail.com or www.debralengyell.com
Using only one palette knife, I enjoy the texture it creates in the paint. The knife helps me get to the essence of the subject and not get caught up in the details. I’m not interested in outside lines either but, again, in the shapes of the light and in the values created in what I see. If I succeed in getting these, then I’ve created recognizable objects.
Debra Lengyell can be reached at debralengyell@gmail.com or www.debralengyell.com
