Debra Huse is a contemporary American Impressionist. She uses rich color and bold 
fluid strokes to capture the light and drama in 
her plein air and studio oil paintings. 
Debra enjoys painting on location and 
has painted in many plein air events across 
the country. Huse and her husband Randy 
enjoy traveling on their sport fishing boat GROUPER where Debra often paints scenes 
from the water.

Huse currently has a studio 
in a Newport Beach, CA Boatyard. 
Debra Huse has been featured in Southwest Art Magazine, Plein Air Magazine, 
Fine Art Connoisseur & Art of the West Magazine.

Affiliations and Memberships

American Society of Marine Artists, Signature Member

American Impressionist Society, Signature Member

Laguna Plein Air Painters, Signature Member & Emeritus Board of Directors

Pastel Society of America, Signature Member

Dean’s Advisory Council, Indiana University Eskenanzi School of Art, Architecture & Design

California Art Club

Hoosier Salon

Oil Painters of America

Southern California Plein Air Painters, Founding Member

Scholarships and Bachelor Degree

1971 John Herron Art School (Scholarship age 12)
1979 Indiana University, School of Fine Art
2021 Dean’s Advisory Council for Indiana University Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design.

 

“Debra Huse takes a loving look at the quintessential California lifestyle: the beaches, boats, gardens, and people, all partaking of the "good life" in the Golden State. 
An astute observer of everyday life, Debra presents her subjects immersed in the
unique light and warmth of coastal Southern California. 
A true "plein air" painter, her paintings are direct and honest views of what is all around her.”              
-Mr. Jean Stern, Art Historian, Author and Lecturer

 

Museum Exhibitions

Debra’s work has been exhibited at
The Pasadena Museum of California Art,
Phippen Museum,
Irvine Museum,
Hilbert Museum,
Indiana State Museum,
Indianapolis Museum of Art,
Autry Museum,
Fredrick R. Weisman Museum,
Salmagundi Club of NYC,
Laguna Art Museum,
Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture,
Mobile Museum of Art,
Art Museum of Southeast Texas,
Art Museum of South Texas,
The Haggin Museum of Art,
Museum of the Southwest,
Coos Art Museum,
Minnesota Museum of Art,
San Diego Maritime Museum,
Easton Maryland Academy Art Museum
Easton MD Waterfowl Museum,
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum,
Gilcrease Museum,
Bakersfield Museum of Art,
Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William and Mary,
Minnesota Marine Art Museum
and Mystic Seaport Museum.