Debbie McAfee
Debbie McAfee employs textiles to “paint” landscapes, using cloth and color to bring physicality to a two-dimensional plane. A longtime resident of the high desert in Southern California, McAfee’s daily walks and photographic documentation give her an intimate understanding of the surrounding terrain. She splices her own images into squares and re-presents those fragments with collaged and sewn fabric, pruning trees and rocks into geometric shapes adorned with topographic stitching.
McAfee was born in San Luis Obispo and raised in Los Angeles. She holds a BFA in film and photography from California College of the Arts. McAfee is a member of the Los Angeles Art Association and has exhibited at Gallery 825, USC Fisher Museum of Art, and other California institutions.
Debbie McAfee
Precipice, 2022
textile collage
40 x 50"
Debbie McAfee
Emerge, 2020
textile collage
8 x 10"