Deborah Sussex
Painting and Photography
2014 Open Shutter Gallery Sponsored

“My week at Willowtail Springs Nature Preserve and Education Center allowed me to fill the well of my inner artistic reservoir.  Life is hectic and full of distractions.  For me, the months prior to my time at Willowtail were busting at the seams.  I appreciated the unique opportunity to separate myself from typical responsibilities which have a way of distracting my artist brain.  My week in a peaceful, beautiful, and supportive atmosphere allowed my artist brain to, once again, tune into sounds, smells, observations, details and all the magic of the moments where the littlest things in life seem utterly important.  In addition, I regained momentum for carrying out some daily patterns that are part of my artistic process; writing, reading, sketching, painting, image making…all on a daily basis, with regularity and zest!”

Pastel artist, Photographer
2015 Willowtail Scholarship

Deborah worked last year at Willowtail on her photographs.  This year she worked on her new project, pastels, which she will be teaching at Willowtail sometime in 2016. Stay tuned on Classes and Workshops schedule. She also spent the day of our fundraiser photographing at Willowtail for documentation of the event. Some of these photos appear as marked on some of the pages of this website.

“When we find the setting that reunites us with our core being a sense of focus and delight takes over.”

“Restless mind can morph into a tranquil place, inspired calm waters of the Boreal forest.”

“And then there were the moments of tranquility and transcendence.”