Photos from Patrick Lawrence's post I have two vintage Deborah Hiatt paintings. The largest one has two buildings and no people. It is about 90 innches wide and about 44 tall. The other picturs I believe is about 45 inches by 34 inches or something I need to measure it again. The smaller picture is in the sunlight so is more accurate to how they both looks. I believe both paintings were painted in the 1980s. I would like $300 OBO for the pair. I am located in the Keene Texas area.
About - Deborah Hiatt (1953-2913)
"A painter of Southwest imagery, she showed early art talent, which was nurtured by her mother, ***** ***** Hiatt, also an artist, and by her father, Benjamin C. Hiatt, a photographer.
Originally from Bethlehem Pennsylvania, Deborah Hiatt majored in the visual arts and art history at Moore Collage of Arts in Philadelphia. During a European tour, she was captivated by the blend of ancient history and modern society. Driven by an inner force, the artist began searching for a subject matter that would quench her desire to portray timeless imagery, to bring the past into the present and the present into the past.
Hiatt's skills became more defined during her studies with Robert E Wood, and through her involvement in animation with the Hanna-Barbera Studios in Hollywood, California. However, it was on a trip to the Taos Pueblos in New Mexico that the artist discovered the Native-American imagery and the serenity and spirituality that was to mark her style.
After living in Scottsdale, Arizona, the artist frequently visited the Pueblos and Cliff dwellings of the Southwest and attended many ceremonial dances and powwows. Here she had found a living history, about which she said: "Timeless canyons, ancient Pueblos exist for us to see, who's past seems so alive and who's beauty is always awe inspiring." She spoke with sincere respect of this ageless culture and considered as her highest honors, the many invitations she accepted to stay on reservations and live among these special people.
In her paintings, she uses deep rich tones to bring a sense of spirituality to the images and bold bright shades to mark celebration of the ceremonial dancers. Of this method, she said: "I am not an Indian, nor do I profess to be an expert on their lives. What I am trying to capture on canvas is the joy, peace, the oneness I feel from these people."
Hiatt was a member of the Arizona Watercolor Association, Arizona Artists Guild and an associate member of the American Watercolor Society.
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