Deborah DeWit

<CENTER> <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=612> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 50px"> <STYLE type=text/css> div#articleContents font { line-height:1.4; } div#articleContents { line-height:1.4; word-wrap:break-word; } </STYLE> <DIV id=articleContents> <CENTER> <TABLE border=2 borderColor=#4f3b00 cellPadding=0 width=710 height=400> <TBODY> <TR> <TD bgColor=white><XBODY>        <CENTER> Deborah DeWit   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/127F4543515EEEAC2C" width=640 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_127F4543515EEEAC2C6F24"/>   Watching Birds   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/2324BA43515EFB5F2B" width=515 actualwidth="515" exif="{}" id="A_2324BA43515EFB5F2BDD4C"/>   Summer   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/207ED53E515EFBF634" width=400 actualwidth="400" exif="{}" id="A_207ED53E515EFBF634BE7F"/>   The Reader   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/163D113E515EFCBB02" width=640 actualwidth="640" exif="{}" id="A_163D113E515EFCBB02FA5C"/>   Domesticity   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/177A8743515EEEAD31" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_177A8743515EEEAD31ED20"/>   The First Warm Evening   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/12607A3F515EEFCE06" width=519 actualwidth="519" exif="{}" id="A_12607A3F515EEFCE06B80A"/>   Rainy Day Consolations   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/212B2842515EF4C813" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_212B2842515EF4C813B8A9"/>   The Bijou   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/017E7A43515EEEAD2D" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_017E7A43515EEEAD2D1C4B"/>   Friday Nights   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/257BFE43515EEEAD30" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_257BFE43515EEEAD30FB95"/>   Early Autumn   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/2518BA43515EEEAD16" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_2518BA43515EEEAD168E55"/>   Arrival of the Night   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/17047143515EEEAE28" width=300 actualwidth="300" exif="{}" id="A_17047143515EEEAE28EE4A"/>   Rest   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/241BFF43515EEEAE15" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_241BFF43515EEEAE15E1CB"/>   Confidants   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/23077743515EEEAE25" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_23077743515EEEAE258899"/>   A Thoughtful Life   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/036A173E515EEEAF24" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_036A173E515EEEAF24E06E"/>   Flying in Open Spaces   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/271A3C40515EF52D06" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_271A3C40515EF52D06CC61"/>   Casting   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/2176053E515EEEAF19" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_2176053E515EEEAF19DC28"/>   A Cat's World   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/2103123E515EEEAF0F" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_2103123E515EEEAF0F9EE8"/>   Instruments of Mystery   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/2309493E515EEEAF08" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_2309493E515EEEAF0890F4"/>   Ephemeron   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/220E213E515EFCBB27" width=523 actualwidth="523" exif="{}" id="A_220E213E515EFCBB27A282"/>    Headed Over the Pass   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/1802203E515EEEAF10" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_1802203E515EEEAF1007EF"/>   The Neighborhood   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/235A6144515EF29410" width=526 actualwidth="526" exif="{}" id="A_235A6144515EF294108B2A"/>   Summer Rain   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/2559E93E515EEEB036" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_2559E93E515EEEB0362B25"/>   Garden Below the Chateau   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/16020E3E515EEEB010" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_16020E3E515EEEB010905D"/>   Seasons of Mind: Summer   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/262B823F515EEEB030" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_262B823F515EEEB030D44F"/>   The Nap   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/14614E3F515EEFCF05" width=521 actualwidth="521" exif="{}" id="A_14614E3F515EEFCF056789"/>   Dusk   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/1143483F515EEEB01B" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_1143483F515EEEB01BE67C"/>   Unknown title   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/2640423F515EEEB11E" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_2640423F515EEEB11E3008"/>   Dreams   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/1836143F515EEEB128" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_1836143F515EEEB1287ED9"/>   Washing Dishes   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/1447013F515EEEB117" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_1447013F515EEEB1178DBB"/>   Saturday Mornings   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/014E0144515EEEB114" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_014E0144515EEEB114F13C"/>   Events of the Day   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/254F0B44515EEEB113" width=394 actualwidth="394" exif="{}" id="A_254F0B44515EEEB11383AF"/>   Repinned from <A style="FONT-FAMILY: null" class=colorless href="http://pinterest.com/mariesawano/bouquiner-reading/">Bouquiner, Reading !</A>   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/01435A44515EEEB21D" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_01435A44515EEEB21D26BD"/>   Privacy   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/145E3244515EEEB205" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_145E3244515EEEB2056E9B"/>   Of the Garden   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/2462CB44515EEEB201" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_2462CB44515EEEB2010613"/>   Making Beds   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/193E7644515EEEB222" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_193E7644515EEEB2224340"/>   Potentials   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/114A2E44515EEEB218" width=528 actualwidth="528" exif="{}" id="A_114A2E44515EEEB2188B5A"/>   Wisdom and Wildness   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/024A4046515EEEB31F" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_024A4046515EEEB31FB469"/>   Beginning of Summer   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/133D3446515EEEB32D" width=461 actualwidth="461" exif="{}" id="A_133D3446515EEEB32DF749"/>   Snow in the Morning   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/1856CF46515EEEB314" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_1856CF46515EEEB314AE4E"/>   The Anniversary   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/1742A446515EEEB327" width=298 actualwidth="298" exif="{}" id="A_1742A446515EEEB32753A1"/>   Winter's Late Light   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/2160CA46515EEEB40A" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_2160CA46515EEEB40AC239"/>   The Road Ahead   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/24437046515EEEB426" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_24437046515EEEB4266E3C"/>   The Summer Chapter   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/1130D146515EEEB432" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_1130D146515EEEB432D0ED"/>   Stories   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/013BA446515EEEB42F" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_013BA446515EEEB42F6CC2"/>   Basic Necessities   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/165D4446515EEEB50D" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_165D4446515EEEB50D9BBF"/>   Writing It Down   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/1959DD46515EEEB511" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_1959DD46515EEEB51185D5"/>   Buds   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/2447E646515EEEB521" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_2447E646515EEEB5210EC7"/>   Rainy Days   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/205F9246515EEEB60B" width=468 actualwidth="468" exif="{}" id="A_205F9246515EEEB60BAAC3"/>   The Dark Night Before Spring   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/1759B046515EEEB610" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_1759B046515EEEB6101796"/>   Feast   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/225A963F515EEEB606" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_225A963F515EEEB606E294"/>   Adventures of the Spirit   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/1260143F515EEEB602" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_1260143F515EEEB6025556"/>   The Lights at Night at Water Avenue   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/274AF13F515EEEB613" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_274AF13F515EEEB613003A"/>   Evenings at Home   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/2128133F515EEEB734" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_2128133F515EEEB7342A81"/>   Forty Minutes   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/247CBB3E515EEED215" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_247CBB3E515EEED215ACD8"/>   Basic Necessities   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/03082440515EF88321" width=300 actualwidth="300" exif="{}" id="A_03082440515EF88321BA55"/>   Rest   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/1776EA3E515EEED219" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_1776EA3E515EEED2194084"/>   Reading   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/1179913E515EEED317" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_1179913E515EEED317A95A"/>   Ancestor   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/1610953E515EEED304" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_1610953E515EEED3042B86"/>   Winter Mornings   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/0201D93E515EEED311" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_0201D93E515EEED3115D3A"/>   Noah's Arc   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/0102073E515EEED311" width=441 actualwidth="441" exif="{}" id="A_0102073E515EEED3119C6B"/>       <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/1206F93E515EEED30B" width=450 actualwidth="450" exif="{}" id="A_1206F93E515EEED30B388A"/>   Painter Deborah DeWit   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/222EC443515EEEAD02" width=550 actualwidth="550" exif="{}" id="A_222EC443515EEEAD029B57"/>   Deborah DeWit Marchant   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/27668D46515EEEB504" width=500 actualwidth="500" exif="{}" id="A_27668D46515EEEB5047EAD"/>   Deborah DeWit   <IMG style="FLOAT: none; CLEAR: none" class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/blog/244C6C4F515EFE101A" width=400 actualwidth="400" exif="{}" id="A_244C6C4F515EFE101AFF59"/>   Deborah DeWit   <H2 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em" class=pageTitle>Biography</H2> Deborah DeWit was born March 28th, 1956 in Portland, Oregon to naturalized Americans. Her mother, father and infant brother arrived by ship in 1950 in San Pedro, California, via South America from Holland. One side of her father's family were etchers, illustrators and painters stretching back several generations in The Hague and grain handlers on the other. On her mother's side of the family were Dutch plantation owners and British traders in the Dutch East Indies, also for several generations. Her father's career in the grain business took her and her family to live in many parts of the U.S. as well as around the world. This varied and somewhat exotic background had a strong influence on Deborah's professional yearnings. Although entering Cornell University as an Agronomy major, the artistic pull of her father's blood and the adventurous streak in her mother's, combined to lead her away from University and set her on a journey to discover her own interests and talents. At the age of fifteen she found that the camera suited her quest and in her twenties set about discovering the world with young eyes recording her travels with image and word. Her photographs received immediate praise and she began the life of a working artist in 1976.     Wanting to create as well as discover, Deborah began working in pastel in 1988 and then in oil about a dozen years later. She's been represented by a number of galleries, has sold her work at art fairs, participated in group shows and holds and annual studio show. Her work has been used on book covers, in magazines, in calendars and the originals reside in numerous public and private collections. In 1990 her first husband and business partner Bob Marchant and she created the note card company Simple Minds, later <A href="http://www.dewit-marchant.com/" target=_blank>DeWit-Marchant Fine Art & Graphics</A>,  featuring her photographs, pastels and oils, with subjects ranging from books to writing letters to cats, and a diverse body of nature oriented imagery. Having enjoyed nationwide distribution, Robert continues to represent DeWit-Marchant Fine Art & Graphics with note cards and reproduction of Deborah's past and ongoing works. Her photographs are also featured on calendars published by Sellers Publishing and her oils and pastels are featured in calendars published by Brush Dance.  (see Community page for links to these publishers) Deborah has three books in print: <A title="traveling light" href="http://editor.daum.net/books/travelling-light/">Traveling Light: Chasing and Illuminated Life</A>, a literary memoir about her photographic years; <A title="In the Presence of Books" href="http://editor.daum.net/books/in-the-presence-of-books/">In the Presence of Books</A>, a portfolio of over 40 of her pastels and paintings about reading and the book; and <A title="Painting Cats" href="http://editor.daum.net/index.php?cID=">Painting Cats</A> a story of her experience taming a feral cat, named Cabbit, illustrated by her many cat paintings. www.wmjasco.com In 2008-09 Deborah collaborated with her husband, filmmaker Carl Vandervoort, on <A title=Films href="http://editor.daum.net/film-archive/">Wetlands</A>, a documentary about the restoration of a small piece of wild land in the suburban neighborhood where she lived for 25 years and the paintings that are a result of her experiences there. Currently she and her husband Carl are restoring a 1922 house and flower farm on the Oregon coast.  Acquired in 2009, they moved there full-time in August of 2011.   As progress continues on the house and land, a studio for both Deborah’s and Carl’s work will be completed by the end of 2012.  In the meantime, Deborah is exploring new subject matter and ideas, inspired by her new environment.      <EMBED style="HEIGHT: 0px" type=audio/x-ms-wma width=0 src=http://mini-files.thinkpool.com/files/mini/2011/01/01/cjs0403_Eric%20Tingstad%20And%20Nancy%20Rumbel%20-%20Deep%20In%20My%20Soul.wma loop="1" balance="0" invokeurls="false" allowscriptaccess="never" autostart="1" volume="0" allowNetworking="internal" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowNetworking='internal' allowScriptAccess='sameDomain'> Eric Tingstad & Nancy Rumbel ...Deep In My Soul       <CENTER><IMG style="CURSOR: pointer" id=tx_entry_6582 class=txc-image border=0 hspace=1 vspace=1 src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cafefile/pds65/10_cafe_2008_04_09_15_17_47fc5f8059365" width=320 actualwidth="320" isset="true"></CENTER>             </CENTER></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER>