Deborah Stein deborahjstein.com

Botanicals

Over the Vast Pond

Watercolor, gouache on paper, 2015

All Our Favorite Cells

Watercolor, Acrylic Gouache, Resin on Paper, 2016

Fury of Spring's Encounter Again

Watercolor and Ink on paper, 2017

Three Lilies

Watercolor and Ink on Paper, 2016

Outside Voice Flotilla

Watercolor, Goauche and White Ink on paper, 2017

St. John's Night, Invisibility and Other Wishes

Watercolor and gouache on paper, 2016

Scopic

Watercolor, gouache on paper, 2015

Express Grow

Watercolor, gouache on paper, 2016

Any Sign Necessary

Watercolor and gouache on paper, 2015

Sunrise

Watercolor, gouache, ink on paper, 2015

Beginning to End

Watercolor and gouache on Paper, 2016

Inside of Snow

Watercolor, goauche on paper, 2015

In Darkness and in Light, In Sickness and in Health

Watercolor and Ink on paper, 2016

Outside Voice

Gouache and Valerian Tincture on paper, 2015

The Movement of Moons

Gouache on paper, 2016

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LAND & SEA

Sea Change

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

Above-Water Hull Adrift and Out of Place: Mayday

Watercolor, gouache and ink on rag, 2017

The Insides of Mountains

Watercolor and Ink on paper, 2016

New Constellations for RS

Watercolor and Ink on paper, 2016

Chasm in a Multitude of Directions

Watercolor and Gouache on paper, 2016

All This Sky

Watercolor and Gouache on paper, 2016

A Strong Wind Can Feel Like a Seismic Shift

Watercolor on paper, 2016

Inner Lives of Earths and Skies

Watercolor and Ink on paper, 2016

The Perseids

Drawing for Jim, Ink on paper, 2016

We Are Islands But Not Really

Ink on paper, 2016

Swift Upward

Ink on Paper, 2016

Midday Strata in Geologic Time

Watercolor, gouache and ink on paper, 2016

In The Time of Detachment (After Gwendolyn Brooks)

Watercolor and ink on paper, 2016

Landlocked

Watercolor drawing on paper

What Hope feels Like When I'm Hoping

Watercolor and gouache on paper, 2017

Pull On the Floatation Device

Watercolor on paper, 2017

The Organization of Hope in Real Time

Watercolor and Gouache on paper, 2016

"And when I breathed, my breath was lightning." -Black Elk

Watercolor and ink on paper, 2016

Teepee/Mountain/Volcano

Watercolor, ink and gouache on paper, 2016

Here is Where

Watercolor, gouache and ink on paper, 2016

Volcano Study, Watercolor and Ink on Paper, 2016

Between There and Here

Gouache on paper, 2016

Explosion in Poppycock,

Watercolor, gouache and ink on paper, 2016

If You Lived Here,

Watercolor on paper, 2015

Sky

Watercolor and gouache on paper, 2015

Through

Dye with gouache and ink on paper, 2016

The Mesa in My Dream aka Dream Mesa

Watercolor on Indian Rag, 2015

Rain, detail based on "Ram and Lakshmi Wait Out the Monsoon" from the Royal Paintings of Jodhpur

Watercolor and gouache on paper, 2016

Farm, Summer

Watercolor and gouache on paper, 2016

Between Here and There: A Map

Watercolor drawing on paper, 2015

Iowa field, A Study

Watercolor drawing on paper, 2016

Heartbeat, Mountains, Flags (At War), Watercolor and Gouache, 2015

Five Studies on Transience

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

Study with Influences, Acrylic Gouache, 2017

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Animals

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

Fortitude

Ink and gouache on black archival paper

Blue Rainbow

Watercolor on paper, 2017

Crow Council, Table for Two

Watercolor on paper, 2016

Coyote Stories

Watercolor and Ink on paper, 2017

Be the Unicorn You Want to See in the World

Watercolor and Ink on Paper, 2016

Unicorn

Watercolor and Sumi Ink on paper, 2016

My Father Comes Back to Me as a Cardinal

Watercolor and Sumi Ink on paper, 2017

Sidewinder

Watercolor on paper, 2016

Tigress

Watercolor and Sumi Ink on paper, 2016

A Note About Transience

Gouache on Raw Eggs, 2016

Snake Idea

Gouache and Posterpaint on paper, 2016

Lovebirds

watercolor on Sketchbook, 1994

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With Butterflies for Laura

Watercolor on Paper, 2015

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The Ram at the End of My Street

Watercolor on Indian Khadi Paper, 1994

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The Infinite Universe

Shift

Watercolor on paper, 2016

Moons

Watercolor on paper, 2015

The Stars

Watercolor and Gouache on paper, 2015

Snake and Crescent, Two

Gouache on paper, 2016

Snake and Crescent

Gouache on paper, 2016

Visual Representation of a Distant Feeling

Watercolor and gold on paper

Thunderhead, Posterpaint, Tea, Watercolor on paper, 2017

Skywriter

Watercolor and ink on paper, 2015

Handwriting

Watercolor on paper, 2015

As Above So Below

Gouache on Paper, 2015

Capsule

Ink on paper, 2015

You Are Now Connected

Watercolor and Ink on paper, 2016

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Words & Illustrations

I often write parts of poems or quotes to pay tribute to minds much larger than mine and inspire what I think about when I begin work. Some of these have been made into posters available here.

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Still I Rise, From Maya Angelou

Watercolor on paper, 2017

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Drawings

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Studio Life

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photographs

Melons, Bangalore, India 2012

Fronds, Bangalore, India 2012

Tourist Boat, Kochi, India 2012

Morning Cooker, Vypin Island, India 2012

Jungly, Vypin Island, India 2012

Hider, Vypin Island, India 2012

Seeker, 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

Wazzup?, 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

Morning Work, 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

Woodshed, Humboldt, Iowa, 2016

The Lake, Little Wall Lake, 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

Installations & Other Projects

Orion Nebula, Beginning study for a work 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.

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.

Artist Christopher Hurtig created glass "aurora" lamps for the installation "How Small is Your Universe" Installation for children's trade fair Playtime NYC, January 2014.