What Is Deborah Stevenson's Collage Art and Where Can You See It?

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Deborah Stevenson is a Brooklyn, New York–based contemporary artist who makes handmade collage on paper alongside oil paintings of urban and rural landscapes. Her collage work sits within a broader practice that also includes skyscape and sky imagery, and it carries surrealist, Dada, and avant-garde tendencies. If you want to see the work, the primary destination is her official site, deborahstevenson.com, where the Galleries section presents collage originals and prints.

What defines the collage work

According to the artist's own site description, her practice centers on "contemporary urban and rural landscape paintings in oil, and collage on paper." That single sentence tells you two things worth separating:

  • Medium: the collage is handmade and on paper, not digital or canvas-based.
  • Subject matter: landscape — both urban and rural — plus the sky and skyscape imagery that appears across her keywords.

The site also lists surrealism, Dada, and avant-garde as associated terms. In practice, that means you should expect collage that leans on juxtaposition and unexpected combinations rather than straightforward representational scenes. Dada and surrealism are historical movements built on disrupting ordinary imagery, so the collage work is likely to read as assembled and recontextualized rather than painted in a single continuous image.

Collage vs. her oil paintings

Her oil paintings and her collages run in parallel but are not the same product:

Dimension Collage on paper Oil paintings
Medium Handmade collage, paper-based Oil on canvas/support
Subject Urban and rural landscape, sky, surreal imagery Contemporary urban and rural landscape
Availability shown Originals and prints Paintings (originals)

If you are specifically interested in the collage, look for the "collage" and "prints" categories rather than the painting listings.

Where to see and get the work

The official site is the starting point, and its navigation gives you a clear path:

  1. Galleries — browse the collage originals and prints. This is where the visual work lives.
  2. CV/Bio — background on the artist, useful if you want exhibition history or training context.
  3. Contact — direct inquiry route for questions about specific pieces.
  4. Instagram and Facebook — the site links both, so recent work and studio updates may appear there first.
  5. Join Email List — sign up to hear about new work, shows, or releases.

The site describes the offerings as "Paintings and handmade collage art originals and prints," so both originals and prints are part of what is presented. The site is built on artspan.com's artist website platform, which is a common host for independent artist portfolios.

If you want to buy or collect

The site's own framing points to originals and prints as the two categories. Because the input material does not list prices, payment platforms, or checkout details, treat availability and terms as something to confirm directly — use the Contact page or the email list rather than assuming a purchase flow. For collectors, the practical sequence is: browse Galleries, identify whether a piece is an original or a print, then reach out through Contact to ask about availability and terms.

Common questions

Is the collage digital or handmade? The site explicitly says "handmade collage art," so it is a physical, cut-and-assembled process on paper.

Does she only make collage? No. Oil painting of urban and rural landscapes is the other half of the practice, and the two bodies of work share landscape and sky themes.

Where should I look first? The Galleries page on deborahstevenson.com, then the email list if you want to follow new releases.