"I'm curious about how we move through this world. My paintings are representational of the subject, but not necessarily accurate to real life. I want to reflect the uncertainties and conflicts as well as the exuberance and joy of what it means to be in this world. There are barriers and obstructions that keep us distracted and stuck, and there are occasions that let us live by our own accord, unbounded, unhindered, clear and fluid, yet interconnected.
My most successful works seem to paint themselves, taking on a life of their own. If I become self-conscious, I get in the way and the process of painting becomes clogged. With human figures, my goal is to allow the paint to dictate the image. I value wrinkles and scars, where we bend, where we break, how we lose our power and how we gain it back again. Endless possibilities exist in the range between the extremes of how we live our lives.There are moments of grief and sorrow, as well as those of frivolity and whimsy.
I want my paintings to represent thoughts and feelings, but with less accuracy to form and color. As a result, the content of the paintings tend to be more abstract. The ideas push the images into focus, while still keeping the subject vague. I paint in broad, loose strokes, giving only small hints of posture and circumstance"
Deborah Hake Brinckerhoff
EDUCATION
1992, BFA in Painting, Rhode Island School of Design - Providence, RI
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 Terzian Gallery-Park City UT
2006 Terzian Gallery-Park City UT
2005 Phillips Gallery-Salt Lake City, UT
2005 Springville Museum of Art –Springville UT
2005 Terzian Gallery- Park City UT
2004 Phillips Gallery-Salt Lake City, UT
2003 Phillips Gallery-Salt Lake City, UT
2002 Solomon Fine Art - Seattle, WA (solo show)
2001 Invitational, Solomon Fine Art - Seattle, WA
Summer Show, Phillips Gallery - Salt Lake City, UT
D. Hake Brinckerhoff, Baas Gallery - Seattle, WA (solo show)
2000 5th Annual Winter Show, Baas Gallery - Seattle, WA
Northwest Fine Arts Juried Competition, The Phinney
Center Gallery - Seattle, WA (Third Place Award)
The Four Elements Concert Series and Art Exhibitions
(Earth, Water, Air, Fire), Pilgrim Congregational Church -
Seattle, WA
1999 Swedish Hospital Private Collection - Seattle, WA
Fall Show, Pound Gallery - Seattle, WA (group show)
Third Annual Winter Show, Baas Gallery - Seattle, WA
1998 Whispers, Gallery on the Rim - San Francisco, CA
Art Salon Style, Cornish School of Art Benefit Show,
Phase 3 Salon - Seattle, WA
D. Hake Brinckerhoff, Still Life Cafe and Gallery - Seattle, WA
Benefit Show, Art Space Gallery - Seattle, WA
1996 D. Hake Brinckerhoff, Rosey Jeke¹s - Hanover, NH
1993 Newburyport Artists Association Juried Exhibition,
Artists Association Gallery - Newburyport, MA
(Best in Show award)
1992 Senior Honors Exhibition, Woods Gerry Gallery - Providence, RI
1991 Carr House Gallery - Providence, RI
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
1998-present Owner: Pentimento, Inc. - Seattle, WA and Salt Lake City, UT
1998-present Private Painting & Drawing Instructor
Seattle, WA and Salt Lake City, UT
1996-97 Photographer & Illustrator
Dartmouth Medical School - Hanover, NH
1995-96 Muralist & Freelance Artist
Prague, Czech Republic
* Received and completed commissions for portraits
* Designed and completed original artwork for new cafe
* Developed and executed original murals for homes and
businesses
1991-92 Teaching Assistant
Rhode Island School of Design - Providence, RI
