Artist Statement:

I make whimsical still life paintings depicting candy, porcelain dishes and sculpted animals. Often small in scale with rich colors and expressive brush strokes, my boldly painted arrangements of sugary confections become imaginary and fantastical scenes of plenty. I work from life, recreating scenes of temptations and indulgences with faint echoes of fairytales and nursery rhymes.

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Bio:

Deborah Bruns-Thomas (b. 1970, Rochester, NY) makes paintings that, if she could, she would  jump into and live, if only for a moment. She works from still life arrangements of family heirloom dishes and sculpted animals to explore themes of temptations and indulgences in her paintings. Literature, nature and art history are significant references in her work. Bruns-Thomas earned a BFA in Painting from Moore College of Art and Design and a MFA in Painting from the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied with Andrew Forge, Barbara Grossman, and Robert Slutzky. The artist has participated in exhibitions in Philadelphia and New York, notably Muse Gallery in Philadelphia and the Bowery Gallery in New York, NY. She has adjunct teaching experience at colleges and universities in Philadelphia. Bruns-Thomas currently lives and works in Bucks County, Pa.