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Deb Bowes

@db201.bsky.social
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A graphite pencil sketch in a multi-colour fresco. Draughtsman. Craftsman. Constant reader. Books. Art. Music. Film. Stories are the drivers. If you're gonna do it then you'd better do it right. Choose generosity. DM = Block for unknowns. Keep it real.

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Deb Bowes @db201.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Leotard Kate. Watercolour with coloured pencil.
Kate stands in green leotard - open gaze directed back towards onlooker  . . . a question or a challenge. Hair loose. Hands over hips, thumbs held in a pink band. Nondescript green background.
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Deb Bowes @db201.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
'Somewhere In Between.' Graphite.
A liminal state somewhere before the wave of consciousness engulfs and breaks the dream. 

A Kate Bush lyric played on a loop. Thus . . .

Somewhere in between
The waxing and the waning wave
Somewhere in between
The night and the daylight
Somewhere in between
The ticking and the tocking clock
Somewhere in between
What the song and silence say
Somewhere in between
Breathing out and breathing in.
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Deb Bowes @db201.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
'What's this then?' Watercolour.
Hot summer day. Clear water. An adolescent girl wearing peaked cap and dungarees takes advantage of the shallows to cool down and explore the river bed. Her companion - water-loving Jack Russell terrier - supervises enthusiastically, just to make sure she's doing it right.
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Deb Bowes @db201.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Tori. Watercolour. Greyscale filter.
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Deb Bowes @db201.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Stevie. Graphite. Blue tint.
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Deb Bowes @db201.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Tori. Watercolour and coloured pencil.
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Deb Bowes @db201.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Waiting for Mermaids. Graphite.
Portrait format. Before cliffs at the coast on the near horizon, she kneels on the shore looking out to sea. Windblown hair. Diaphanous clothing. Calm water turns to foam in the foreground. The interest lay in capturing the texture of water on skin and the lower area of fabric.
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Deb Bowes @db201.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Mergirl. Graphite.
Landscape format. Backlit by the rays of a morning sun a girl of the sea lies face down on the shore; head raised and expression wary of the onlooker's approach. The interest lay in portraying tangled wet hair draped across the features, along with the texture of sand grains adhering to damp skin.
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Deb Bowes @db201.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Kate. Graphite.
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Deb Bowes @db201.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Drift. Graphite.
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Deb Bowes @db201.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Absinthe fae - original watercolour, salt resist and oil pastel. Contrast print minus blue ink.
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Deb Bowes @db201.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Graphite. Vintage toning.
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Deb Bowes @db201.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Monochrome moon fae. Graphite pencil. Added toning.
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Deb Bowes @db201.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The Hunter. Illustration.
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