The Work of Deborah Samia, Sculptor and Teacher
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Deborah Samia is a sculptor working in a naturalistic style, based in Oakland, California. She teaches an instructional online class for Pontifex University, which can be taken as part of the 5-credit capstone for the Master of Sacred Arts program.
She takes commissions, and I would recommend her particularly for large-scale civic art, public works, and portraiture. Reach her at her website, deborahsamia.com. You can find her class online at www.Pontifex.University.
If there are potential patrons of the arts reading this, I would like to advocate for civic art featuring great American figures from the past to promote American and Western values, as well as to enhance the beauty of the environment. When a society promotes heroes and saints, it not only edifies the people who see them, but it also speaks to a society that is proud of what it stands for, which reinforces the nation's unity.
Here are some examples of her work. First portraits:
As a prominent artist in Oakland, Deborah contributed several sculptures to the large-scale work commissioned by the city of Oakland called, ‘Remember them’.
