Debra Ramsay
American
Debra Ramsay is an American abstract artist who creates acrylic paintings, drawings and installations that explore the conceptual interplay between color, line and surface. She lives and works in New York City. Ramsay graduated from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in 1984 then earned her BA from Brooklyn College in 1986. She also attended Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR, graduating in 1999. She's been awarded residencies with the Albers Foundation and The Golden Family Foundation, both in New York, and the BAU Institute in Otranto, Italy. Ramsay's work has been extensively exhibited in numerous solo and group shows across the United States, as well as in Italy, Thailand and Germany. She has been written about and interviewed in the press. Ramsay's work is included in numerous private, corporate and institutional collections, including those of Alliance Bernstein, New York and the Ritz Carlton, Dubai. Ramsay's technique begins with an idea. From there she chooses the appropriate medium and method with which to realize her concept. Much of her work is painted with acrylic paint applied to polyester film, paper or museum board. Ramsay's process engages a systematic, mathematical approach heavily influenced by color. She interacts with nature, documents the shifting colors of elements of the natural environment, such as landscapes, fruit, leaves and trees. Often, she returns to the same exact spot at different periods throughout the year, documenting the shifting colors over time. Back in the studio, she then feeds the colors she documents into a computer program, analyzing them and using the analyses to mix paint. The resulting work presents an abstraction of specific spaces or objects in time, informed by mathematics and explored through geometry and color.| Styles |
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Pomegranate 1&2 (Abstract Painting)
By Debra Ramsay
Located in London, GB
Pomegranate 1&2 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on polyester film - Unframed
This piece, part of a series, is the product of bringing together colors that Ramsay specifically mixed for other projects.
The colors have one thing in common, they were all selected...
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2010s Minimalist Debra Ramsay
Materials
Polyester, Film, Acrylic
Like a Summer
By Debra Ramsay
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on acrylic panel (plexi) - Unframed.
This work on plexiglass is part of an ongoing series titled Hue[s]pace, it comes with a cleat system for hanging.
Hue[s]pace continues...
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2010s Abstract Debra Ramsay
Materials
Plexiglass, Acrylic
Like a Summer (Abstract Painting)
By Debra Ramsay
Located in London, GB
Like a Summer (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on acrylic panel (plexi) - Unframed.
This work on plexiglass is part of an ongoing series titled Hue[s]pace, it comes with a cleat system ...
Category
2010s Abstract Debra Ramsay
Materials
Plexiglass, Acrylic
Colors within a witch hazel blossom 2 (Abstract painting)
By Debra Ramsay
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on polyester film - Unframed
This work is part of a series whose inspiration comes from Witch Hazel, a deciduous shrub in New York City. It blooms in January with bright yel...
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2010s Color-Field Debra Ramsay
Materials
Polyester, Film, Acrylic
Greens
By Debra Ramsay
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on acrylic panel - Unframed
Each panel is 9 inches square. They hang from a cleat system which makes them appear to “float” off the wall .25 of an inch.
In this ongoing ser...
Category
2010s Abstract Debra Ramsay
Materials
Plexiglass, Acrylic
2 colors shelf mushroom
By Debra Ramsay
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on clear plexiglass - Unframed
This work on plexiglass is part of a series titled Hue[s]pace.
Hue[s]pace continues Ramsay's investigation of color, location, light and ti...
Category
2010s Minimalist Debra Ramsay
Materials
Plexiglass, Acrylic
Lichen & Garlic
By Debra Ramsay
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on clear plexiglass - Unframed
This work on plexiglass is part of a series titled Hue[s]pace.
Hue[s]pace continues Ramsay's investigation of color, location, light and tim...
Category
2010s Minimalist Debra Ramsay
Materials
Plexiglass, Acrylic
2 colors shelf mushroom (Abstract Painting)
By Debra Ramsay
Located in London, GB
2 colors shelf mushroom (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on clear plexiglass - Unframed
This work on plexiglass is part of a series titled Hue[s]pace.
Hue[s]pace continues Ramsay's i...
Category
2010s Minimalist Debra Ramsay
Materials
Plexiglass, Acrylic
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