Deborah Fuelberth was born in Nebraska but grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she was exposed to many varieties of art.

Loving art from a very young age, Deborah eventually worked as an apprentice with commercial artists. After attending the University of New Mexico, she decided to seek formal art training. She was accepted to the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. While attending the Art Center, she was fortunate to receive private training from Burne Hogarth. “I already had four years of life drawing when we worked on drawing the subjects of animals, particularly horses. Burne taught me how to draw animals from the inside out as well as how to make animals move. I’ll never forget the valuable training that I received from him.”

Drawing is truly the foundation to painting.

Deborah graduated with a BFA in Illustration, and later illustrated for companies that did work for Disney, Warner Brothers, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA and numerous advertising agencies. After professionally illustrating for 11 years she chose to embark on a career in Fine Art. She has studied under Daniel Gerhartz, Jeffery R. Watts, Carolyn Anderson and Desmond O’Hagan.  Deborah is a member of Oil Painters of America and won the Best of Show / Gold Medal Winner at the Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition, 2009.  She is currently accepting commissions while she displays and sells her work through her website and studio in Castle Rock, Colorado.

Deborah loved horses from a very young age. Besides riding horses as a young girl, they were the focus of much of her early art work. As an avid equestrian, she is afforded a personal insight into her subjects, especially horses and how they interact with people. Whether the topics are cowboys, cowgirls, horses, animals or landscapes, Colorado provides magnificent settings for her artwork.

Deborah exhibits great quality in her works and excels in delighting her viewers with her skills and insights. Her award winning works appear in many private and corporate collections.