debbie hanks

New Works!

debbie — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 16:14:11 +0000

Tell Me Your Name

Those Who Hope

Featured Artist Arbor Crest Tasting Room Riverpark Square in July!

debbie — Wed, 26 May 2010 22:01:53 +0000

I am going to be the featured artist this July in the Arbor Crest Tasting Room at Riverpark Square in Downtown Spokane which is very exciting. Come on down and see my newest works.

This piece is called “Garden Angel”

“The King and I”

debbie — Sat, 15 May 2010 17:28:55 +0000

debbie — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:24:09 +0000

Here is one of the paintings in a new series I am creating. I have an art show in Greenwood Phinney (Seattle) March 12th.

Drawing & Sketching

debbie — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:06:45 +0000

I feel there is a difference between someone who can draw and sketch. To me drawing is done with calculation and planning and the final product comes out with very little room for error while sketching on the other hand is done in the moment and you get what you get. I want to make sure that when I sketch, what i get is very representative of what I am seeing – not exact though because then it would have no personality. I realize that I have a style of writing, painting and sketching that it all my own and I want to push forward in that area of my art and I feel it will have a very positive impact on my oil painting career. Here are some examples of my drawings and sketches up to this point.

These first two pieces are drawings in which I spent a number of hours and days working towards the final product. The drawing above is entitled “Summer Daze” and was done from a photograph I had taken of a young Russian girl who was our neighbor at the time. The second drawing with the crouching woman is two images in one. I did this piece while I live in Maui Hawaii and I felt it was representative of the fragility of the native honu (turtles). The title is “Vulnerability”.

The next pieces below are actually a charcoal and a pastel sketch I did of my daughter as a still life and a vase and glass on a table.

CenterPlace at Mirabeau Point Park – Spokane Valley

debbie — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:32:48 +0000

For the month of September I have been invited to have my art in the entrance display cases at CenterPlace in the Spokane Valley. Located at: 2426 N. Discovery Place – Spokane Valley, WA 99216

debbie — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:35:04 +0000

I have been experimenting with creating my art to have more color and depth along with more complexity. I have been painting the last couple of days like a mad woman. Not because I’m in a hurry or anything but once I get in the groove and start painting I simply cannot stop ! I love to paint and I am using as many bright colors as I can. I feel that with the way the economy is that the least thing I can do is create something to brighten things up.

New Art I am working on!

debbie — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:48:12 +0000

It has been a while since I posted but I have lots of reasons! (don’t we all) Any how – here is one of my new pieces. My last art show in Seattle was wonderful and I sold three pieces. I receive a lot of wonderful feedback on my art in terms of the bright colors and playfulness so I decided to make it more complex and interesting. This is an example of the new direction I am going!

Avanti Art & Design – Art Show – Seattle, WA

debbie — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:38:24 +0000

Having an Art Opening in Seattle was a lot of fun. I want to thank Wendy and Emmalee of Avanti Art & Design Gallery for having everything be so easy. They did an incredible job of framing my Artist Trading Cards, I recieved a lot of compliments on them. David Maynard, Emmalee’s husband, is the one who brought up the idea of bringing my work to Seattle in the first place and I am eternally grateful to him as well.

This has been a long time coming for me. I have always been a sort of closet painter and now I am finally ready to get out there and share my art with the world. I would consider this to be my first real show and I feel that everything went really well. I met a lot of wonderful people and got a lot of good feedback. I came back home to Spokane, Washington inspired to advance my paintings to the next level.

Art Show in Seattle!

debbie — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:29:11 +0000

I am happy to announce that this Friday, April 10th – I will be the featured artist at Avanti Art & Design in

“Art Up” …the Greenwood-Phinney April Art Walk

The Greenwood-Phinney Artwalk occurs on the 2nd Friday of each month from 6-9pm

Avanti Art & Design
7317 Greenwood Ave N
(between 73rd St & 74th St)
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 784-8475