2005 Lobster Festival Poster by Deborah Winship. Offset lithograph print, signed. Size: 22" wide x 16" tall.

ART IN THE FOLK STYLE

Deborah Beckwith Winship paints "Maine, the way life should be ": bright blue sky and ocean, puffy white clouds, flowers, American flags, islands, lighthouses, cheerful street scenes, busy people: nostalgia.

Since her first village street scene was selected for the cover of Down East Magazine in 1980, Winship has done countless folk paintings of Maine's villages, harbors and small businesses, as well as individual commissioned pieces, publication covers and posters for festivals and centennials. Many of these paintings have been reproduced as cards and prints to reach a wider audience.

Although a Connecticut native, Winship has lived in Maine for almost thirty years. Her education includes an intensive course at the Prado in Madrid, followed by three months of independent travel in Europe studying medieval art. She then spent a year in New York City studying work in the galleries and museums there. Between 1984 and 1989, Winship earned an Associates Degree in Art from the University of Maine at Augusta. In 1996, she attended Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT for one month, studying with Lois Dodd. The following year Dodd nominated Winship for a fellowship to study at the Studio Center for another month.

In 1998 Winship bought a home near the harbor in Rockland, Maine and added a studio where she presently paints and shows her work. She has had exhibits in galleries throughout Maine and her work is in many private and corporate collections, both in the United States and abroad.