Deborah Hurtt

Deborah Hurtt is primarily a landscape painter. Working in oil or gouache, and outdoors (en plein air) whenever possible, she explores the line between the real and the abstract. She received the first-place award in “Free for All,” a juried show hosted by the Capitol Hill Art League (CHAL) in 2023; and a second-place award in the Capitol Hill Art Workshop (CHAW) student exhibit in 2019. She has exhibited in several other juried shows hosted by CHAL; the Art League, Alexandria, VA; the Harmony Hall Art Center, Fort Washington, MD; and the Hill Center and the Dumbarton Oaks United Methodist Church, both in Washington, DC. She has studied at the Art League but also in Maine and at the Academy Art Museum in Easton, MD under Bernard Dellario, Ken deWaard, Mary Beth Gaiarin, Pattee Hipschen, Bryan Jernigan, Bethanne Kinsella-Cople, and Björn Runquist. In May of 2024 she studied in Croatia with Liz Prescott and the Winslow Art Center. Prior to becoming a painter, Deborah pursued an academic career. She has BA in art history from Williams College and a PhD in architectural history from the University of Virginia. She taught at the Universities of Virginia and Oregon, and most recently served as a senior program officer at the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), where she made grants in art history, geography and landscape studies, and the environmental humanities. You can find her selling her paintings and talking with neighbors at her pop-up table near Capitol Hill’s Lincoln Park, and exploring the Maine coast from her easel or kayak.

Contact Deborah Hurtt

Email: dhurtt@gmail.com

Instagram: @dhurtt2018

Cell: 541-510-5434