The demonstration for October was a collage by Debra Grubbs. It was held in Guild Hall of the First Congregational Church of Reading on October 12, 2005.

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Debra began painting in watercolors while studying with Artist Corey Staid [a long-time member of RAA] in Andover, Massachusetts, as a teenager. She studied with a variety of other artists after moving to California in the late '70s. While attending Las Positas College in Livermore, California, she painted primarily in acrylics, receiving a more structured, formal training, and eventually receiving a Degree in Fine Arts, emphasis in painting. Debra was Director of Visual Arts for a program called "FAME" for the Livermore Public School system before moving back to New England. She currently teaches watercolor and multimedia classes at The Currier Museum Art Center in Manchester, New Hampshire, and conducts workshops at East Colony Fine Art Gallery and Studios, also in Manchester. The WILDLIFE ART Magazine featured Debra's work in their section titled, "Women Making Magic with Unusual Media," highlighting her collages of Confetti Birch Forests.

Landscape subjects are what drive her to paint, which she likes to portray in a light-show manner, sometimes using rice paper and handmade paper collage to enhance the watercolor medium. The landscapes are usually of birches. Debra likes to celebrate the visual creations surrounding us with an abstract expressionism style. It's her way to share a little piece of paradise with everyone!