I was born in Rochester, New York...the home of Kodak....
Actually, my Dad worked for Kodak, though he wanted to be a professional photographer....
Something must run in our family because his mother wanted to be a commercial illustrator for a magazine in New York City but she married my grandfather and became a housewife and mother... One day, in her attic, she showed me her college portfolio and told me that even though she knew that she made the right decision, I should not let myself get in the position where I have to make a choice between a man and what I love to do.....
So from that time on, I tried to follow my heart...
I studied art at the University of Texas at Austin but I learned printmaking from Nellie Buel, an award winning artist and printmaker... We worked together at the Cibolo Studio in Comfort, Texas for about 17 years ...... In July of 2002, a flood took away our studio .... and in November of 2002, Nellie died at the age of 94....
Now, I live in the Texas Hill Country with my husband, Ken who is a talented jeweler.... check out his website at www.ken-wilson.com.... I am lucky enough to have inherited from him two great adult kids who have given us four amazing grandsons.....
Ken and I share a studio at our home in Dripping Springs.... We both collect vintage postcards, photos and other ephemera....
I use those images in my etchings, drawings and monoprint collages...
The focus of my work has been the cowgirl and other strong women.... I try to portray their relationships with humor and familiarity.....
You can read more about me on one of my blogs.....
my Printmaking blog:
In my Printing Apron
My blog about my Woman's Suffrage Art Work:
Sowing the Winter Wheat
�When I began using images of the women of the west, particularly the early rodeo cowgirls and the working cattle women , I realized I had found the female heroes I had been searching for. I am proud to be a member of the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas.�
� debbie little-wilson
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