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Paintings

Paintings by artist Debora Young

Paintings

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TIPPY-TOES

Tippy-Toes, ​8 x 10 inches, oil on canvas, 2005. My niece, Samm had a dog named Tippy-Toes. Wonderful spirits come in all shapes-n-sizes, this one was well loved.

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David Wilson-Brown
APPLE OF MY EYE!

Apples, early fruit & vegetable series, 8 x 10 inches, oil on canvas, 2002. One spring, each of our kids picked a fruit tree to plant in our yard. This painting shows the first harvest of my son, Dillon's apple tree. We made a pie from these apples, YumYum! Even better was the taste when eaten fresh. I'd forgotten what a fresh-off-the-tree apple tasted like.

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David Wilson-Brown
ACTION!

Super Heros, garage sale series, 8 x 10 inches, oil on canvas, 2004 (Garage Sale Series). Another west-side Fort Worth garage sale. Mostly toys, 1980s stuff. Toys that had seen action such as powder burns, and missing limbs. Some of the figures were reinvented as variations on a Frankenstein theme. Narratives must've played out in the kid's imagination. Similar to what happens when a director makes a movie. Molding and shaping the actors to tell the story.

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David Wilson-Brown
FRUIT OR VEGETABLE?

I am Garlic, fruit/vegetable series, 12 x 12 inches, oil on canvas, 2009. I ate it raw like an apple as a kid, spitting the paper-like covering to the ground. Grow it in the garden to encourage the roses. When my kids were younger, we made the "One and Only Garlic Spaghetti" to help celebrate state occasions such as; an open house, an award, performance, or science fair at the school. We ate a whole lot of garlic and still do.

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David Wilson-Brown