Studio Works by Debra Rich
Shop Paintings, Needlepoint & Mixed-Media | Debra Rich – Sarasota
This acrylic painting by Sarasota artist Debra Rich captures a girl joyfully splashing through water, painted for a collaborative art show at Pelican Cove with a water theme.
Hand-painted in acrylic on gallery-wrapped canvas; glass-bead and silver acrylic paints create the movement and reflection of the water in the fountain
Ready to hang
Dimensions: 22” x 18” x 3.75” (H x W x D)
Handcrafted by Sarasota Mosaic and Mixed-Media Artist, Debra Rich.
This acrylic painting by Sarasota artist Debra Rich depicts a pelican in vivid color — a subject who looks like he would rather not be photographed without his permission.
Acrylic on canvas with an abstract background and a more realistic pelican
Set in a rustic wooden frame, ready to hang
Dimensions: 22” x 18” x 3” (H x W x D)
Handcrafted by Sarasota Mosaic and Mixed-Media Artist, Debra Rich.
This acrylic painting by Sarasota artist Debra Rich depicts a building in France covered entirely in flowers — windows, hanging plants, and doors visible through a cascade of blooms, with red shutters and old-fashioned brown doors.
Acrylic on gallery-wrapped canvas
Ready to hang
Dimensions: 20” x 16” x 4” (H x W x D)
Handcrafted by Sarasota Mosaic and Mixed-Media Artist, Debra Rich.
This is a framed photograph I took at the Museum of Arts and Design, of "Star Compulsion" by Saya Woolfalk — part of a collaborative exhibit at Pelican Cove built around the theme of connections.
Photograph, presented in a black frame
Dimensions: 18" x 15" x 3" (H x W x D)
Handcrafted by Sarasota Mosaic and Mixed-Media Artist, Debra Rich.
This acrylic painting by Sarasota artist Debra Rich captures the view from Finn’s restaurant in Venice, Florida — looking down from the second floor at sunset over the beach, with clouds and setting sun creating a surreal wash of color.
Acrylic on gallery-wrapped canvas
Ready to hang
Dimensions: 18.5” x 14.5” x 2.5” (H x W x D)
Handcrafted by Sarasota Mosaic and Mixed-Media Artist, Debra Rich.
This acrylic painting by Sarasota artist Debra Rich depicts a duck crossing paths with a bridge in Tampa, where construction often intrudes on natural habitats.
Acrylic on gallery-wrapped canvas, with the painting continued around the sides — no framing required
Hand-signed by the artist
Ready to hang
Dimensions: 15” x 13” x 3” (H x W x D)
Handcrafted by Sarasota Mosaic and Mixed-Media Artist, Debra Rich.
This hand-stitched needlepoint by Sarasota artist Debra Rich depicts Wilbanks House at Pelican Cove, created for a fiber-arts challenge requiring artists to depict their favorite place.
Freehand-drawn onto canvas from a photograph, then hand-stitched with different-colored wool; original challenge called for a 12” x 12” square, which stretched to 14” x 14” on backing
Vivid and durable color
Dimensions: 14” x 14” x 1” (H x W x D)
Handcrafted by Sarasota Mosaic and Mixed-Media Artist, Debra Rich.
This acrylic painting by Sarasota artist Debra Rich brings two Sarasota locations together — a tree from the Wilbanks at Pelican Cove and a scene from Clower Creek — into a single quiet landscape draped in Spanish Moss.
Acrylic on canvas, exploring the many shades of blue and green that make up a sky and vegetation
Framed and ready to hang
Dimensions: 19” x 15” x 3” (H x W x D)
Handcrafted by Sarasota Mosaic and Mixed-Media Artist, Debra Rich.
Original acrylic painting depicting ti and azalea plants in vivid color, inspired by the view from my studio window at Pelican Cove in Sarasota.
Acrylic on canvas
Set in a wooden frame, ready to hang
Dimensions: 19" x 15" x 3" (H x W x D)
Handcrafted by Sarasota Mosaic and Mixed-Media Artist, Debra Rich.
Original Mixed-Media Art Blending Painting, Collage, Mosaic & Found Objects
These works blend painting, collage, mosaic, and found objects — pieces that don't fit neatly into one category but feel completely themselves.
Made in my Sarasota studio, each mixed-media work is an original exploration of color, texture, and surprise.