Debra Kennedy

I have been an artist and a painter for most of my adult life while also pursuing a career in business and higher education.  I love spending time in Boston, on Cape Cod and in Southern Florida.  Many of the paintings you see are places that I am so familiar with – they are the places that I belong.  My work is continually evolving.  For many years, I worked solely in watercolor and loved the loose fluidity of the paint and the challenge of the experience.  For the past several years, I have been working in oils, enjoying the texture and the richness of color.

My art education has come through master artists and mentors. Creative pursuits have a way of stretching all aspects of thinking and seeing challenges.

Painting is play — it is good for the soul!

Events:

Palm Beach Plein Air Paint-Out                                                         January 2017, 2019

Paint the Town Day – Osterville, MA                                                 July 2019, 2021

Selected Exhibits

All New England – Cape Cod Art Center – 2nd Place                       October 2021
Collections Exhibit – Cape Cod Art Center – Honorable Mention  September 2021
Sandwich Arts Alliance Fall Members Exhibit – 1st Place             September 2021
June Kershaw Open Juried Exhibit – 2nd Place                               August, 2021
The National Juried Exhibit – Cape Cod Art Center                           July 2020, 2019
All Cape Exhibit – Cultural Center of Cape Cod                               June 2021
Solo Exhibit – RSM Gallery/Bentley University Gallery                   January 2018
Bay State Open – Cape Cod Art Center                                                 May 2018, 2019
All Cape Cod Exhibit – Cape Cod Art Association                            May 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
GC Art Gallery Juried Exhibit, Lexington, MA                                 Spring 2016
Dome Art Gallery Solo Exhibit, Cambridge, MA                             March 2012
Bentley University Faculty Exhibit                                                  July 2011
Avenue of the Arts, Lexington, MA                                                  November 2007
Cape Cod Art Association Northeast Open                                     September 2007
North Cambridge Open Studios                                                       May 2007

Memberships:

Oil Painters of America – Associate Member

Cape Cod Art Association – Juried Artist

Sandwich Arts Alliance – Instructor

Eastwind Cooperative Gallery