Deborah Stein deborahjstein.com

I'm a Global Talent Search 2018 Semi-Finalist!

Round 2! Vote here for me and 4 more of your favorites in the People’s Choice Award.

Snippet from my round 2 Assignment

Snippet from my Round 2 Assignment

Winning Piece for Round 1

(almost went with this one)

humans

Some of these have been made into posters available here.

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Cover Art for MATS class with Lilla Rogers

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Passport Photo

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Little Stories

Words & Letters

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Children's Book Title for MATS Illustratiing Children’s Books with Lilla Rogers and Zoe Tucker

This piece went viral just before the Women’s March 2017 and helped raise significant funds for the Center for Reproductive Health.

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Nothing Without You, lyrics by Steve Earl

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Wildlife

Inquiries about originals and prints available at bonbonoiseau@gmail.com

Olaf

Watercolor on Paper, 2018

Desert Love Story at Night

gouache on paper, 2018

Snakes at the Gate

Watercolor on paper, 2018

Rabbit Watching Snake Watching Rabbit

Gouache on paper, 2017

Infinity

Watercolor and ink on paper, 2018

Very Large Array with Churro Ram at Night

Gouache and honey on Paper, 2018

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Strawberry Moon

Watercolor on paper, 2017

Stork

Watercolor, ink, oil on paper, 3'x5', 2017

Land Ho

Watercolor on paper, 2017

The Mighty Might Puffers

Watercolor and ink on paper, 2017

Blue Rainbow

Watercolor on paper, 2017

Wingless Eden

Watercolor on paper, 2016

Hummingbird 2

Goauche and ink on paper

Hummingbirds 3

Goauche and ink on paper, series about birds, 2018

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Tigresses Represent

watercolor and ink on paper, 2017

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Astrid's Rabbit

Ink and Watercolor on paper, 2017

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A Note About Transience

Gouache on Raw Eggs, 2016

Pattern & Home

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I cook and draw

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Sketchbook du Bonbon

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Fabulous Ladies of My Sketchbook

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Botanical

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Over the Vast Pond

Watercolor, gouache on paper, 2015

We Are Seeds

Acrylic Gouache and Chinese Ink on Recycled Cardboard, 10' x10" 2018

Three Lilies

Watercolor and Ink on Paper, 2016

Outside Voice Flotilla

Watercolor, Goauche and White Ink on paper, 2017

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Cota

Watercolor on paper, 2018

A Different Kind of Country, (after Raymond Dassman)

Gouache on Hot Press Paper, 2017

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Line Drawings

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LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS

Luxembourg Garden Study

Gouache and Ink, 2018

Heartland

Goauche and watercolor on paper, 2017

Where We Were Yesterday, Today

Ink and watercolor on paper, 2017

New Constellations for RS

Watercolor and Ink on paper, 2016

All This Sky

Watercolor and Gouache on paper, 2016

The Sky is Still the Sky, Exercise in Weather and Tectonic Shift

Goauche on paper, 2017

Storm at Sea

Japanese Ink and Watercolor on paper, 2017

The Time and the Weather

Watercolor and Ink on paper, 2017

Little Wall Lake

Watercolor, ink and gouache on 9.4" x 12.6" Hahnemühle paper, 2017

What If a Heart Breaks in the Forest and Everyone Hears

Watercolor on Paper, 2017

Sea Change

Watercolor and poster pain on Cotton Rag, 18" x24", 2017

Blow

Watercolor on paper, 2017

The Perseids

Drawing for Jim, Ink on paper, 2016

Gold Miniature on Mesatops

Gold ink, watercolor paper, 6"x6" 2016

A Strong Wind Can Feel Like a Seismic Shift

Watercolor on paper, 2016

Leaving All Eruptions

Watercolor, Gouache, Ink, Acrylic on paper, 3' x 5', 2017

We Are Islands But Not Really

Ink on paper, 2016

Between There and Here

Gouache on paper, 2016

In The Time of Detachment (After Gwendolyn Brooks)

Watercolor and ink on paper, 2016

Above-Water Hull Adrift and Out of Place: Mayday

Watercolor, gouache and ink on rag, 2017

Farm, Summer

Watercolor and gouache on paper, 2016

Five Studies on Transience

Ground Pigment suspensions, oil paint, encaustic on birch panel, 6" x6" each

Study with Influences, Acrylic Gouache, 2017

KID stuff

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Editorial Illustration

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My Field Guide to North American Birds

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More Field Guides

Underwater

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Paper & gifty

Holiday Fun

Studio Life

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special Projects

Along with art and illustration-making, I do other making as well and also thinking and collaborating and consulting too. Are you a curator, an art director, an agent or sister artist? Are you a shop or company who wants me to make some kind of magic happen for you? Let’s work together!

See my Special Projects/Exhibitions page for mucho mas info.

I entered Lilla Roger’s Global Talent Search and the project was to create the cover of a gardener’s journal. These are a few iterations of a journal cover, the I played with before submitting the piece that won a place in the semi-finals! You can read more about how I chose here.

I entered Lilla Roger’s Global Talent Search and the project was to create the cover of a gardener’s journal. These are a few iterations I played with before submitting the piece that won a place in the semi-finals! You can read more about how I chose my piece here.

I entered Lilla Roger’s Global Talent Search and these are a few iterations I played with before submitting the piece that won a place in the semi-finals! You can read more about that process here.

I entered Lilla Roger’s Global Talent Search and these are a few iterations I played with before submitting the piece that won a place in the semi-finals! You can read my thought about it here.

It came down to this piece or the next piece (that won a place in the semi-finals!) You can read about my thoughts on it here.

This was the piece that won a place in the semi-finals of Lilla Rogers’ Global Talent Search! It’s about life in the garden, for better or worse. I call it Human v. Nature: A Gardener’s Journal. You can read more about it here.

Skylab Project, Digital Print on Silk Crepe de Chine, New Mexico 2017

Skylab Project, Digital Print on Silk crepe de chine, New Mexico, 2017 More info here.

Skylab Project, Digital Print on Silk Crepe de Chine, New Mexico 2017

My work at Next Level with Here Projects for NY Design Week .

Applique and Embroidery panel, 2017

Orion Nebula, Beginning study for a collaboration by Deborah stein and lighting designer James Knudsen produced as part of the Artists Corner for Playtime in 2014.

Artist Tamika Rivera sews 14 feet panels as part of the "How Small is Your Universe" Installation for Playtime NYC, January 2014.

The finished piece "How Small is Your Universe" Installation for children's trade fair Playtime NYC, January 2014.

Large London Plane tree branches were patterned with gold leaf to hang the panels for "How Small is Your Universe" Installation for children's trade fair Playtime NYC, January 2014.

Embroidered panels with glass "aurora" lamps for the installation "How Small is Your Universe" Installation for children's trade fair Playtime NYC, January 2014.

Installation of "How Small is Your Universe" Installation for children's trade fair Playtime NYC, January 2014.

The collaborators James Knudsen and Deborah Stein

Embroidered panel for "How Small is Your Universe" Installation for children's trade fair Playtime NYC, January 2014.

Photos from the road

Wazzup?, Munnar, India 2012

Hider, Vypin Island, India 2012

Seeker, Vypin Island, India 2012

Jungly, Vypin Island, India 2012

Melons, Bangalore, India 2012

Fronds, Bangalore, India 2012

Tourist Boat, Kochi, India 2012

Morning Cooker, Vypin Island, India 2012

Catch of the Day, Palolem, India 2012

Haul, Palolem Beach, India 2012

Fishers and Merchants, Palolem Beach, India 2012

Road Marker, Munnar, India 2012

Onam Greetings, Vypin Island, India 2012

Love and Temporality, Vypin Island, India 2012

Jasmine Dealer, Mysore, India 2012

Marigold Guy, Mysore, India 2012

New Tattoo, Age 8, Mysore, India 2012

Chilies Seller, Margao, India 2012

Dry Coconuts, Margao, India 2012

It Takes A Village of Marigold Growers Top Grow This Many Marigolds, Mysore, India 2012

Blue Door, Mysore, India 2012

Worship Accoutrements, Mysore, India 2012

Besties, Siem Reap, Cambodia 2013

Flowering, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2013

Offering, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2013

Lotus Eater, Pnomh Penh, Cambodia 2013

Water bearing, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2013

Offering, Phnomh Penh, Cambodia 2013

Saying No, Pnomh Penh, Cambodia, 2013

Fish Merchant, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2013

Breakfast, Pnomh Penh, Cambodia 2013

Herba Buena, Marketplace, Oaxaca City, Mexico 2010

Jugo Bar, Oaxaca, Mexico 2010

Herbaliste, Oaxaca, Mexico 2010

Oaxaca Flora, Mexico 2010

Cochinealed, Oaxaca, Mexico 2010

My Rooftop, Oaxaca, Mexico 2010

Peas, Oaxaca, Mexico 2010

Eat Me, Oaxaca, Mexico 2010

Procession, Oaxaca, Mexico 2010

Nightfalling, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2010

Low Hanging, Todos Santos, Mexico, 2011

Aphrodisiac, Todos Santos, Mexico 2011

Thpore, Vancouver Island, 2011

Thporez, Vancouver Island, 2011

Hey Tiny, Vancouver Island, 2011

Mycro Magic, Vancouver Island, 2011

Early Spring Gifts, Atlas Mountains, Morocco, 2011

Valley Of the Flowers, Atlas Mountains, Morocco, 2011

Muhammed, Atlas Mountains, Morocco, 2011

Marketplace, Skoura, Morocco, 2011

Marketplace near Skoura, Morocco, 2011

Dry River Road, Valley of Flowers, Morocco, 2011

Picnic, Valley of Flowers, Morocco, 2011

Late Summer Sun, La Villita, New Mexico, 2016

Hollyhocks, La Villita, New Mexico, 2016

Patron Saint, La Villita, New Mexico, 2016

Crew, La Villita, New Mexico 2016

Giver, La Villita, New Mexico, 2016

Plaza Blanca with Dog, Abiquiu, New Mexico 2015

Old Spanish Trail, Alcalde, New Mexico, 2015

Mesa with Sky Pattern, Cortez, Colorado, 2015

Monument Valley, Utah, 2015

Geology and The Rain God, Utah, 2015

Farther than It Appears, Monument Valley, Utah, 2015

Clouds, Valles Caldera, New Mexico, 2016

Tails, Toadlena, New Mexico, 2015

Statements, NYC 2016

Transcience, NYC 2017

Independence Parade, Humboldt, Iowa 2016

The Lake, Little Wall Lake, Iowa 2016

Woodshed, Humboldt, Iowa, 2016

Pocahontas, Iowa, 2014

Tourist Attraction, Pocahontas, Iowa 2014

Birthday Cake, Catskills, 2014

Choices, LIC, NYC 2015

Arrangement, NYC 2016

Vitamins and Asparagus on Garbage Day, NYC 2016

Mums, NYC 2016

Signs, La Luncheonette, NYC 2016

The Dog Inside My Brain, (featuring my dog Pablo), NYC 2016

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