Debra Ramsay
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Debra Ramsay
@debraramsay.bsky.social
Artist. I’m concerned with the concept of time. Current project focused on creating abstract paintings of bird species migrating through Central Park. Bird colors as timestamps at a specific location.
Color As Time has been an interest of mine for over a decade. This work from 2014 documented the color change in nature over a year.
May 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Green Heron is on exhibit at Gallery MC, NYC in the American Abstract Artist New Members show, through March 29th
March 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Eastern Whip-poor-will
February 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Green Heron
February 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
February 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Delighted to contribute a few of my *bird* paintings to the Winter issue of Rustica Journal.
December 7, 2024 at 7:13 PM
November 26, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Pleased to collaborate with the Center for Humans and Nature on their digital publishing platform.
Read the full article here: humansandnature.org/the-nature-o...
November 25, 2024 at 6:38 PM
The Nature of Time: One Year of Bird Migration
An illustrated essay I wrote, published online at The Center for Humans and Nature.

humansandnature.org/the-nature-o...
The Nature of Time: One Year of Bird Migration
In extending my pursuit of using colored pigments as a way to illustrate the passing of time, I attempt to capture nature’s always changing play on color. This particular ongoing […]
humansandnature.org
November 22, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Flying Colors, solo exhibition at Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ, 2024
November 20, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Eastern whip-poor-will. A species that times its egg-laying to coincide with a full moon so it can forage for insects at night to feed its young.

Within the Nightjar family, it’s named onomatopoeically after its song.
November 20, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Circumstance of Air, a solo exhibition at Starr Suites, Brooklyn, NY, 2024
November 20, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Green Heron.
November 15, 2024 at 12:09 PM