Deborah Maklowski
Ellicott City artist Deborah Maklowski focuses on the landscape and landscape-inspired motifs, producing work in the studio and en plein air in acrylic, colored pencil, pastel, mixed media, graphite, and ink. With a focus on excellence in composition, her primary goal is to manipulate color, value, line, and edges to draw the viewer into and around the picture plane, to create the illusion of atmosphere and depth, and to provide an engaging mental space where the viewer is invited to find his or her own compelling story in the work.
Education and Training
Virginia Commonwealth University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1975
Workshops in pastel, colored pencil and acrylic with nationally recognized instructors, 2003-2022
Exhibition Juror/Judge
Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society (2023)
Color Pencil Society of the United Kingdom, 20th Anniversary Gala Exhibition, London (2021)
Riderwood Village Arts Council (2019, 2023)
Howard County Conservancy Art of Stewardship (2018, 2019)
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory’s Young Artists’ Exhibition (2017, 2018)
Professional Associations
Colored Pencil Society of America, dual signature member and past president
Maryland Pastel Society, signature member and past president
Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington D.C.
Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society
International Society of Experimental Artists
Publications
“Artists Magazine, Best of Pets,” Peak Media, Sep/Oct 2024
“Strokes of Genius 15, Best of Drawing,” Peak Media, Nov 2023
“Plein Air Magazine, Pastel Spotlight,” Streamline Media, Aug 2023
“Acrylic Works 9, Best of Acrylic,” Peak Media, Sep 2022
“Strokes of Genius 12, Best of Drawing,” Peak Media, Nov 2020
Featured Artist, Colored Pencil Magazine, Feb 2020
“Colored Pencil Comes of Age in the International Art World,” International Artist, Oct/Nov 2018
“Realist Tradition,” American Art Collector, September 2012
“Strokes of Genius: The Best of Drawing,” North Light Books, 2007
Selected National & International Exhibitions and Awards
CPSA International Exhibitions (2006-2024): Award for Excellence, 2018; Award for Distinction, 2020
CPSA “Explore This!” International Online Exhibitions (2013-2019): Awards for Excellence, 2014, 2019
MAPAPA Small Plein Air Works Exhibition, Havre de Grace, MD (2019): 1st Place
Sister Cities Exhibition, Chateau Grouchy, Cergy-Pontoise, France (2018)
MPSGS International Exhibitions (2011 - 2021): Landscape Category awards: 1st Place (1x); Drawing Category awards: 1st Place (3x), 2nd Place (3x), 3rd Place (1x) & Honorable Mention (1x)
Miniature Art Society of Florida, Dunedin, FL (2018): Best Work by 1st Time Entrant
Cider Painters of America International Exhibit, Kingston, PA (2017): Scott Award
“Connection” Invitational Exhibition, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY (2016)
International Guild of Realism 10th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA (2015)
International Guild of Realism 7th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Carmel, CA (2012)
International Guild of Realism “Leading Masters of Contemporary Realism,” Cape Cod, MA, (2007)