Debra Woodward has been a painting and drawing student of Adeline Goldminc-Tronzo in Eliot, Maine since March 2021.  She is an exhibiting member here at the Seacoast Artist Association where she serves on their Board of Directors as Vice President and publicist and books their reception musicians.  

An avid photographer since childhood, Debra studied for six years with Robert Chiller of West Newbury, MA.  In 2017, she began studying oil painting with Amesbury (MA) oil painter Bob Richardson. Debra has since taken classes with Amy Brnger, Tom Glover, Lisa Regopoulos, Sue Spellman, and Colley Whisson.  She has been a juried member of the NH Art Association in Portsmouth, NH, since 2012 and previously served on their Board of Directors.  She was accepted into their Lassonde Open Juried Exhibitions in 2015, 2016, 2020, and 2021; as well as the annual Joan L. Dunfey Memorial Juried Exhibitions in 2013, 2014, 2017, and 2018.  In 2017, her photograph “Escargot” won Honorable Mention.   In 2023 all three of her photographs were accepted into their juried Parfit exhibition.  Her paintings have been accepted into their 2020 and 2021 Lassonde Open Juried Exhibitions. In summers she shows her paintings and photos in the NHAA tent at the League of NH Craftsmen Fair in Sunapee and at the Sheafe Warehouse in Portsmouth.  She has been accepted into several juried exhibits at the Newburyport (MA) Art Association and shows at the Lowell’s Boat House Holiday Open House in Amesbury, MA each December.

Debra’s oil painting “Mrs. Shapiro Makes the Hannukah Latkes,” based on a scene at the Candlelight Stroll at Strawbery Banke, was accepted into the “Matter of Memory” exhibit at the Portsmouth Historical Society in 2024 and then won third prize at the Seacoast Artist Association’s Annual Members Awards show later that year. 

A NH native, Debra worked in the book business for 40 years, including seven as a book buyer for Barnes and Noble in New York City.  She loves music, art, books, and animals and is a proud liberal.  She lives in Seacoast NH with her husband of 37 years, Terry Dostie, and three fabulous felines, Maybeline, Kiké, and Jasper. 

My Artwork

Samples of Debra’s works (click any image for slideshow).