Born in Malta in 1962, DEBBIE CARUANA DINGLI comes from a well known artistic family. Painting has always been an integral and natural side to her. Mostly self-taught,she has explored watercolour endlessly and carved out a niche for herself in watercolour portraits. Other paintings, often replete with colourful characters and the occasional animal, sometimes have a humourous note. Yet Debbie believes that watercolour is all about the play of water with the paint, a joy that should always be the protaganist of a watercolour.
Steady one-man shows ever since 1985 show the different stages throughout her life, her inspiration always beings wherever her interest lies in at that moment in time, often what she feels very strongly about. Debbie seems to turn to cartoons when she is at her most serious, there is always a message lurking beneath the humour. Another side of Debbie's painting is oil portraiture. Debbie joins two good artist friends and they attempt to paint a different sitter each week in just 3 hours which keeps the work fresh and spontaneous.
Debbie will be holding a joint exhibition with artist Tonio Mallia at the Maltese Embassy in Paris in January 2012. She will be showing her latest cartoons entitled ' 2012 END OF THE WORLD ? '
Debbie lives in the quiet village of Siggiewi with her 3 sons, Steve, George and Bruce, 3 dogs and 3 cats.
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