Biography
Originally from Detroit, Debra Keirce is an accomplished fine artist. In her Northern Virginia studios, she paints in oils and draws in charcoal, up to four feet tall, with a specialty in true miniature pieces as small as your palm. Debra has earned several honors in acclaimed art circles. She is proud to be a US coast guard artist, and winner of the 2022 George Gray award. She is the recipient of a rare artist residency at sea with crew on the U.S. National Security Cutter Stone. Also, eleven of her paintings were commissioned and are hanging prominently in the newly remodeled Boston Langham 5-star hotel.
Debra is an Art Renewal Center Living Master, (ARCLM) and holds signature memberships in the National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society, American Women Artists, Southwest Artists, and Miniature Artists of America.
She is also a juried member of several societies, including Copley Society of Art (as well as their juried portrait registry,) Salmagundi Club, International Guild of Realism, Women Artists of the West, and American Artists Professional League.
Debra had a career as a biochemical design engineer in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Her project management and problem-solving skills serve her well in her art career. She has studied painting and drawing with many instructors and programs over the years but is currently working through the Ani Art Academies curriculum that was created by trompe l’oeil painter Anthony Waichulis. In 2010 she turned her passion for the visual arts into a full-time career.