Where our focus is ART!

Where’s DeAnn's Art Studio and Gallery located?

You’ll find this gem of a gallery/studio at 708 1/2 Bank Street in the heart of historic downtown Decatur, Alabama in the Art's and Entertainment district. An internationally recognized fine artist and art educator, DeAnn's work is available to collectors through the gallery directly. Other fine artists' and professional photographers’ works can also be purchased through the gallery during special exhibitions

Why Decatur, Alabama?

DeAnn fell in love with the historic building standing where an alleyway originally divided the historic block in the early 1900's. Built in around 1910, the now art studio/gallery boasts brick walls covered in plaster, original tin tile ceiling and, thanks to the artist's preservation efforts, original hardwood floors. Visitors often agree, the building itself is a work of art.

Want to learn to paint?

There’s no time like the present! DeAnn holds regular classes, seminars and workshops at the studio in all genre limiting class size to insure individual instruction. Some of her favorite classes are geared toward young people. DeAnn often teaches school age children and teens in weekly or bi-weekly after school classes. Some of her favorite experiences are out painting “pleinaire” as she introduces her students to the concept of “seeing as an artist” and how to capture scenes on “canvas” quickly. DeAnn also enjoys facilitating special corporate paint events for clients and their guests either onsite or at her studio.

“Art knows no age. Young people are so uninhibited. It brings me great joy to help them learn to express themselves on canvas! (Of course, I love teaching adults too!)”

DeAnn's Story:

While working as a news reporter in Texas in 1988, DeAnn stumbled across a local Art Shop…who knew this would eventually change her life's destiny! She's been painting ever since. As an Army wife, DeAnn has lived in several parts of the country affording her the opportunity to study under and paint with some of the best. She’s always studying, always experimenting, always seeking to improve her skills/techniques as she trains her eye to “see”.

“It’s important for me to always seek to better my art and grow as an artist. Should I ever lose my desire to learn, my work will become stagnant. How awful would that be?”

DeAnn also enjoys traveling and shooting her own source photos for her wildlife and landscape paintings. Her favorite subjects to photograph and paint are birds of prey, sunrises, and sunsets. You can often find her and “Big Bertha” (her telephoto lens) stalking the Bald Eagle nests in north Alabama or pulled over along the Tennessee River watching the sun as it rises and sets. Her good friend, professional photographer Juergen Beck of Freedomlight Productions, often shares his special captures as well, allowing DeAnn to bring his photographs to life on canvas.