Debra Lynn Carroll graduated with honours in drawing and painting from the Ontario College of Art and Design in the spring of 2000. She has maintained an independent art practice from her studio at the Women's Art Association in Toronto.

Debra's artistic focus is to create contemporary landscapes. The energy of nature comes to life through her use of rich vibrant colour to create images of enduring beauty and elegant splendor. The viewer feels as if they could walk into the painting. This is accomplished through the large format composition, textural surfaces and three dimensional effect she creates that brings the foreground closer to the viewer. Her paintings invite the viewer to share these special spaces. The only references to humans in her work are preserved as memories such as a pathway into

the painting. She paints places of sanctuary, places that whisper the power and beauty of our corner of the earth. Debra creates a reality on canvas, an Elysian place to exist. These images are not without a kind of haunting beauty and a sense of the mysterious. There is constant change in nature and defining one incredible, monumental moment of time and place is the artist's choice. She chooses the subject, circumstances, and defines the painting's boundaries…she creates "a perfect place" and on a deeper level asks what lies beyond the boundaries of the canvas, the edge of the seen and known? Why is the viewer alone in this place?

Debra was born in Nova Scotia and lived there till she traveled extensively in the eighties and settled in Toronto, Canada in 1987. She currently lives in Toronto with her husband, Phil McCormack and her son James.

Solo Shows
2005, President's Lounge, Humingbird Center
2003, Imprints, with Lynnette Brown
2003, Fragments, with Steve Rose
2002, Oct/Nov Changing Colours, Women’s Art Association of Canada
2001, Nov Textures of Ontario, Women’s Art Association of Canada
2001, March Chaos and Calm: The Co-existence of Opposites, Women’s Art Association of Canada
2000, Nov Brush, Bramble & Bracken, Women’s Art Association of Canada

Juried Shows:
2005, “Toronto Art Expo” (also 2003, 2004)
2002, “Autumn and Winter Shows” Canadian Opera Company, Hummingbird Center, Toronto
2004, “Bod and Abode”, Women’s Art Association, Toronto
2003 “ One of a Kind Show” Toronto
2003 “ The Distillery Annual Outdoor Art Exhibition” Toronto
2003 “ Landscape and the Lasting Inspiration” Praxis Gallery
2002 “ Art Focus 11” Metro City Hall, Toronto
2002 “ Art Naturally” Scarborough Arts Council, The Guild Inn, Toronto
2002, “41st Annual Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition”;
2002, “Art Naturally”, Scarborough Arts Council, The Guild Inn;
2002, “Kempenfest”, Barrie;
2002, “37th Annual Art in the Park”, Bronte Waterfront Heritage Park, The Oakville Art Society;2002, “Fanfayr” Outdoor Juried Arts and Crafts Show, Kingston;
2002, “Arts by the River”, The Millpond Centre for the Arts, Alliston;
2001, “Autumn ArtsFest” Etobicoke Civic Center; 2001, “Art in the Park”, Uxbridge;
2001, “40th Annual Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition”;
2001, “Images of the Humber” Art Exhibition, May till October;
2000, “Women’s Art Association Juried Exhibition and Sale”;
2000, “39th Annual Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition”, Student Section;
2000, “Third Annual Figure Drawing & Painting Exhibition”, Atrium Gallery;
2000, “Evocations”, OCAD Gallery;
1999, “Second Annual Figure Drawing & Painting Exhibition”, Atrium Gallery

Group Shows:
2002 “Five Easy Pieces”, Women’s Art Association Studio Artists;
2000 - 2002 Women’s Art Association, Member shows;
2000 “House Painting”, Cameron House Group Project; “Inner & Outer Landscapes”, Atrium Gallery Café; “OCAD Graduates’ Show”; “Cold Spell", Arcadia Gallery;
1999 “02/C02/H20”, Atrium Gallery; “Open House Exhibition”, Rosalie Sharp Pavilion; “Frecklebean Café”, Group Show; “Anamnesis”, Meg Gallery

Crescent Hill Gallery, 2575 Dundas St. West, Mississauga, Ontario (905) 820-4212
Christin Gallery, 37 King St. East, Toronto, Ontario (416) 861-1556
Gallery 133, 1260 Castlefield Avenue, Toronto, Ontario (416) 504-6099
Red Canoe Gallery, Port Carling, Ontario