In creating individual commissions, Deborah explores with the patron her or his vision of the piece as it relates to the individual or someone beloved. For example, she was asked to create a collage for a patron’s home that reflected the woman’s life. While sitting with this strikingly pretty woman, Deborah began visualizing her as a queen. In speaking with her, Deborah discovered her client had strong spiritual beliefs, loved children and flowers, and had an affinity for hearts. The resulting house collage was aptly named “The Queen of Hearts” and was constructed with gold Godiva chocolate paper to reflect the image of richness and refined taste.

Based on the wonderfully romantic Frank Sinatra song, another painting entitled “Fly Me To The Moon ” was created specifically as a wedding present for a young couple. One can imagine these twenty-somethings slow dancing by candlelight to the standards as they dream of a life together – one that unfolds in an old-fashioned, postmodern kind of way. Their winged house is set a flight in the midst of a brilliant cobalt sky with the moon peeking through the window.