The root of my work comes from recognizing the significance of aloneness in my life. There is a loneliness that comes form the separation of cultural, religious, philosophical and social inequities. I am inspired by both the strength and frailty of aloneness.
               Drawing is the transference of this ideology. Multiple images are connected with mark making, forming one image, representing the relationship of human isolation and our relentless search for one another.
               
              
                born:                  1950, Alice, Texas
                
                  education
                  
                  West Texas A&M University, BS, 1992
                  West Texas A&M University, MA, 2004
                  West Texas A&M University, MFA. 2006
  				
                selected
                  awards/honors
                Best of the Southwest, Best of Show, Curated by Scott Frish, Sunset Galleries, Amarillo, Texas 2006
                
                selected
                  publications
                Texas National 2008, 15th Annual Exhibition, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, blurb.com, p.15, 2008
                
                selected
                  solo or two-person exhibits
                Deborah Houston, Corner Artspace:Heartbags,  Amarillo, Texas 2008
                
                selected
                  group shows
                    
                    Amarillo Museum of Art, 12x12 Exhibition, Amarillo, Texas, 2008
                    Stephen F. Austin State University, The Art Center @ The Old Opera House, Texas National 2008, Nacogdoches, Texas, 2008
                    Houston-Brooks Gallery, 0-3 Show, Amarillo, Texas, 2007
                    Columbia College Gallery, 29th Annual: Papers in Particular, Columbia, MO. 2007