Deirdre currently lives in South Berwick, Maine with her husband and two boys. When she’s not creating, you’ll find her building something, gardening or trying to avoid cooking dinner.
Hello and welcome!
Like many artists, I have been creating since I was a small child. Building with rocks and sticks and passing time purely in the realm of my imagination. Most of my childhood was spent roaming around the woods of the farm where I grew up. I milked goats, chased barn cats, raced Big Wheels (not professionally, but very seriously) and ran a highly successful mud-pie bakery.
My creative endeavors as an adult have included a degree in Graphic Design from Maine College of Art, working as a freelance designer, followed by selling assorted iterations of my art wholesale through various avenues, as well as through a boutique gallery I owned and operated for several years.
The last 10 years have been a magical (and exhausting) time spent renovating houses, growing children and stealing away moments to experiment artistically. As my kids approach their teens I find myself more and more in my QUIET, attic studio.
I have always worked across a variety of mediums but am currently focused on hand drawn sketches that I translate to bold, hand-painted, black and white graphics. Digital collage is also an area that I continue to enjoy to which I add hand-painted marks and textures to give a human touch. I obsess over found text that I snip and collect. The meditative act of sifting through other people’s words, and giving them new meaning by pairing them with color and line, has always been a well of inspiration for me. You will frequently find my own micro poetry in my work to impose layered and suggestive meaning. Occasionally, I spread my love of color in and around the home through commissioned murals or painted furniture.
You can find current and available work through my site and shop and stay in touch via Instagram or email. As always, thank you for taking the time to investigate my work.
Deirdre
