Debbie Secan Studio Artist

First painting completed in my new home studio!

Homage to Levi Strauss
12x12
Acrylic on Blue jeans

Well....
I've moved most of my stuff out of Artspace and it's all sitting in boxes in my home studio. I've been frozen for months, pretty much unable to accomplish anything with this disruptive move. I have this denim canvas that I've been afraid to touch because people told me I should just leave it raw. That isn't what I do. If I did that I'd be some other artist. I had a plan and I'm sticking to it. So I started painting it. I feel like I'm starting over and I've never painted before in my life. But I'll get there. Stay tuned.

Shipped three paintings to Brooklyn for an exhibit

Here is the artist statement I sent with them. The exhibit opens 3/15

My work explores the choices Jews have faced since we placed our trust in HaShem and walked between walls of water toward freedom in the Exodus from Egypt. I use the structure of the Star of David to express the tension between revealed and hidden blessings in Jewish life. Some expressions of Jewish identity are quiet and beautiful, like lighting candles and gathering for Shabbat with family and friends. A strong connection to Eretz Yisrael is made chaotic by our fractured world, reminding us that the path toward liberation and freedom has never been simple.

Paintings: Shabbat, The Land, The Waters Were Heaped Up
All 12X12, Acrylic on Salvaged Material

Shabbat Shalim