Debra Keirce

I have the absolute honor of being the judge for the Miniature Art Society of Florida international exhibition. I will do the judging in November 2024, and the show will open in January 2025.

September 2024 I was invited to speak about my Coast Guard Art Program and Salmagundi Club experiences for marines at the maritime art museum in Quantico. 

I am a juried U.S. Coast Guard artist with a total of 14 works in the government collection.  One of my pieces was awarded the best of show George Gray award in 2022. I have had work juried into the program every year since 2021.

I am the incredibly fortunate recipient of an invitation to an artist's residency at sea. I was invited to be a guest of the Cutter Stone crew Nov 11 to 15, 2022. We set sail out of N. Charleston, SC, USA. My mission was to witness, document and participate in as many stories of the service men and women at work as possible. Then, I had the honor of taking those experiences and creating compelling paintings that share the stories of our military for generations to come. My expenses were paid for by a retired navy captain who loves art and the Coast Guard Art Program.

All of my artwork produced from this residency is created for the Coast Guard Art Program (COGAP) government collection.

Awarded the best in show for the 2022 COGAP Inaugural Exhibition of 38 juried paintings from 27 artists. These works are now part of the government art collection. They are exhibited in venues such as Salmagundi Club, The Union League Club NYC, The Federal National Memorial, the offices of members of Congress, cabinet secretaries, senior government officials, the State Department overseas, the Art in Embassies program, and many other military services and Coast Guard Locations nationwide.

My winning painting is titled "Nurdles and Ghost Nets and Flotsam." The collection facilitators renamed it "Debris cleanup in Hawaii" when they took possession of the painting.

Chosen to create 11 original paintings (8 portraits 30"x40" and 3 palm sized still life paintings) for the Langham Hotel in Boston, MA. The Langham Hotel is the former Federal Reserve Bank of Boston building. I was chosen to complete 8 portraits of past Boston Fed presidents, to hang in the hotel's fine dining area. I also was commissioned to paint three miniature pieces for the bar area. This is a great honor. I lived in Boston in the 1990's and this project is a delight on so many levels.

It is the largest commission I have ever endeavored.

Tongue River Winery in Montana purchased my painting "Cherry Atop a Roemer" and asked to use the image on one of their wine labels. Of course, I said yes.

Invited contributing author - monthly articles on Bold Brush Blog, an art sales and marketing publication through Fine Art Studios Online, with an audience of approximately 70,000 subscribers

Invited to judge several local and international art exhibitions. Most recently,

2025 Mena Gallery Small Works National Show, Mena, AR

2025 Miniature Art Society of Florida International Exhibition, Dunedin, FL (largest miniature exhibition in the world with over 700 entries)

2023 Miniature Fine Art Show, an international exhibition at Seaside Art Gallery in Nags Head, NC

2023 Springfield Art Guild exhibition at Green Spring Gardens in VA

2024 Smith Galleries in Harrisonburg, VA all of July

2020 Customs House Art Museum, Clarkesville, TN

2019 Wine Attic in Clifton, VA

2019 Bella Arte Gallery Solo shows, art talks and Interactive Demonstration in Midlothian, VA

2019 Purcellville Library, Purcellville, VA

Previous solo shows at Seaside Art Gallery in Nags Head, NC, Ellis Nicholson Gallery in Charleston, SC and Huckleberry Fine Art Gallery in Rockville, MD

2026 3 person show MonDak Heritage Museum in Sidney, MT - Good As Gold

2026 3 person show WaterWorks Art Museum, Miles City, MT - Good As Gold

2025 Juried Invitational through Miniature Art Society of Florida, at Tribby Arts Center, Fort Myers, FL

2025 3 person show at Deines Cultural Center Museum, Russell, KS - Good As Gold

2025 3 person show MonDak Heritage Museum in Sidney, MT - Small Wonders

2024 Mountain Oyster Club Art Show, Tucson, AZ

2024 Deines Cultural Center Mystery, Magic & Macabre, Russell, KS

2024 Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN - Wood, Paper, Paint: 40 Years of Collecting Art - select pieces from the museum's permanent collection of art

2024, 2023 , Howland Museum, Beacon, NY - American Artists Professional League Realism on the Hudson

2024 Old West Museum, Cheyenne, WY - Western Spirit Art Show and Sale

2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 Bryn Du Annual Juried Exhibition in Granville, OH

2024 WaterWorks Art Museum, Miles City, MT - The  Myth of Beauty Annual Exhibition

2024 , Dunedin Fine Art Center,  Dunedin, FL - Miniature Art Society of Florida

2024 3 person show Albrecht Kemper Museum, St. Joseph, MO - Small Wonders

2023 Albrecht-Kemper Museum Annual Membership Exhibition, St. Joseph, MO

2023 MonDak Heritage Museum Miniature Show, Sidney, MT

2023 3 person show, Customs House Art Museum, Clarksville, TN - The Big and the Small of It 

2023 3 person show, Deines Cultural Center Museum, Russell, KS - The Big and the Small of It at 

2023 3 person show WaterWorks Art Museum, Miles City, MT - The Big and the Small of It

2023 3 person show, MonDak Heritage Museum in Sidney, MT - The Big and the Small of It

2023 3 person show, Waterworks Museum in Salisbury, NC

2023, 2022, 2021 Mena Art Gallery, Mena, AR - Art of the Heartland Exhibition

2022 3 person show, Mansion at Strathmore, Rockville, MD - The Big and Small of It at the - reviewed by Washington Post art critic!

2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 Albuquerque Museum Arts Thrive Invitational Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM

2021 Figuratively Speaking at Salmagundi Club in NYC

2021 Abide Show at The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, VA.

2020 3 person show at The Arts Center at The Art Factory, Manassa, VA

2020 North X Northwest Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT

2020 American Women Artists at Booth Museum, Cartersville, GA

2020, 2019 April-Dec ArtScape exhibition of banners in Old Town Winchester, VA and originals at Museum of the Shenandoah Valley

2025 Several small works shows at Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA

2025 Several exhibitions and auctions at Salmagundi Art Club, New York, New York

2025 American Artists Professional League Timeless Exhibit at Lyme Art Association, Lyme, CT

2025 International Guild of Realism, Sugarman Peterson, Santa Fe, NM

2024 Hardt Gallery 2nd Annual Miniature Art Show, Best in Show, and also Peoples' Choice Award,  St. Francis, KS

2024 American Artists Professional League 96th Grand National Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NY, NY

2024 Mountain Mystique, Florence Thomas Art School, West Jefferson, NC

2024 American Artists Professional League 96th Grand National, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY

2024 Salmagundi Fall Auctions, New York, NY

2024 Salmagundi Spring Auctions, New York, NY

2024 Medicine Lodge Peace Treaty Art Show, Medicine Lodge, KS

2024 VMRC Exhibition, Harrisonburg, VA

2024 Southwest Artists Small Works National Exhibition, Mena Gallery, Mena, AR

2024 International Guild of Realism Show at T.H. Brennan Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ

2024 Bryn Du Art Show, Granville, OH

2024 International Miniature Art Show at Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC

2024 Punta Gorda Visual Arts National Biennial, Punta Gorda, FL

2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 US Coast Guard permanent government collection - Exhibitions at Salmagundi Club, Federal Hall National Memorial, Union League Club-all in New York, NY

2024, 2023 Copley Society of Art Small Works - Boston, MA

2023 Salmagundi Club Thumb Box Exhibition, New York, New York

2023 Bosque Art Classic in Clifton, TX

2023 Mena Art Gallery Art of the Heartland in Mena, AR

2023 National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Best of America Small Works show at Mary Williams Fine Art in Boulder, CO

2023 International Guild of Realism show at Sugarman Peterson Gallery in Santa Fe, NM

2023 3 Person show at River Valley Arts Center

2023 Two 3 Person shows at Deines Cultural Center in Russell, KS

2023 Two 3 Person shows at Waterworks Visual Arts Center in Salisbury, NC

2023 3 Person show at Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, FL

2023 Women Artists of the West National Exhibition and Sale, Carriage Factory Art Gallery in Newton, KS

2022 Women Artists of the West National Exhibition and Sale, McBride Gallery in Annapolis, MD

2022 Long Beach Island Foundation Unmasked Exhibition, Loveladies, NJ

2022 Academic Artists 72nd Exhibition of Traditional Realism, Hartford, CT

2022 Small Works Show Southwest Artists at Mena Gallery, Mena, AR

2022 Artists Painting Stories 4 person show at Florence Thomas Art School

2022 3 Person show at Colgan Gallery in Manassas, VA

2021 International Guild of Realism Fall Salon

2021 semi finalist Art Renewal Center 

2021 American Artists Professional League Spring Members Exhibition

2021 Studio Pintura Floral Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN 

2021 Artists Painting Stories 5 person show at Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC 

2021 VMRC Juried Exhibition in Harrisonburg, VA 

2021 Still Life Invitational at Staunton Augusta Art Center in Staunton, VA

2020 Salmagundi Club Fall Members Show, NYC

2020 Salmagundi Thumb Box Exhibition, NYC

2020 107th Annual Allied Artists of America Exhibition

2020 54th Annual Montgomery Art Guild Regions Bank Exhibition, Montgomery, AL

2020 Salmagundi Club Sylvia Maria Glesmann Members Floral Exhibition, New York, New York 

2020 Oil Painters of America National Exhibition of Traditional Oils, RS Hanna Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX

2020 National Oil Acrylic Painters Show McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MD

2024 American Artists Professional League

2023 American Women Artists Annual

2021 International Guild of Realism Online Show Finalist

2021 American Women Artists Museum Show Lifting the Sky Online Show

2024 a drawing and a painting went to the moon on a codex through Art Renewal Center Salon Exhibition

2024 Art Renewal Center finalist in figurative and still life

2022 International Society of Experimental Artists Exhibition, St., Albert Gallery in Alberta, Canada

2020 6 person show at Koshinkan in Tokyo, Japan

2026 Honorable Mention, Innova Arts Gallery Annual Miniature Exhibition, Mobile, AL

2026 Honeywell Foundation 2nd Place Drawing, Wabash, IN

2025 Merit Award in the "In Tandem" show at Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA

2025 Best in Show winner at WaterWorks Art Museum in Miles City, MT - Nostalgia

2025 Best in Show winner at WaterWorks Art Museum in Miles City, MT - Miniature Art Exhibit

2024 1st Place - Gateway to the Rockies Miniature Exhibition, Aurora, CO

2024 Best in Show - 2nd Annual Miniature Exhibition at The Hardy Gallery, St. Francis, KS

2024 American Artist Professional League 96th Grand National Exhibition, Outstanding Drawing

2024 National Oil and Acrylic Painters Award of Excellence - Online International Exhibition

2024 American Women Artists Outstanding Achievement Award in figurative- Spring Online show

2024 - Honorable Mention Mena Art Gallery Small Works Show, Mena AR

2024 - one of 15 honorable mention awards - 3rd Annual Best of Show | Pets Art Competition - The Artists Network

2024 3rd place and honorable mention in the Miniatures in Mariposa exhibition, Mariposa, CA

2023 1st Place, Gateway to the Rockies Miniature Show, Aurora, CO

2023 3rd Place in Art of the Heartland Show, Mena Art Gallery, Mena, AR

2023 2nd Place in the Mountainside Art Guild's 19th Annual Miniature Show in Lakewood Arts Gallery, Lakewood, CO

2023 Finalist in the Favorite Subject competition, International Artist Magazine

2023 Presidents' Award and also the Western Art Collector Magazine Editor's Choice Award, Women Artists of the West National Exhibition

2022 1st Place, Small Works Winter Show at Parklane Gallery, Kirkland, WA

2022 Two Honorable Mentions in the MonDak Heritage Center Miniature Show, Sidney, MT 

2022 1st Place, Still Life, Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, D.C. Annual Int'l. Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature

2022 3rd Place Historic Manassas Banner Contest, Manassas, VA

2022 1st Place, Landscapes, Sierra Artists Gallery Miniatures in Mariposa Exhibit, Mariposa, CA

2021 1st Place, Mystery, Magic and the Macabre, Deines Cultural Center, Russell, KS

2021 3rd Place Mountainside Miniatures Show, Mountainside Artists Guild

2021 Best of Show - Huron River Art Collective Summer Exhibition

2021 Honorable Mention - Virginia Mennonite Retirement Center - VMRC Exhibition, Harrisonburg, VA

2021 2nd Place, Bryn Du Mansion Art Show, Granville, OH

2021 Three pieces accepted into the US Coast Guard Permanent Collection

2021 1st Place, 3rd Place and Finalist in Historic Manassas Art Banner Contest

2021 Plein Air Finalist Portrait Society of America Members Only Competition

2020 Semi-Finalist Art Renewal Center Salon

2020 Honorable Mention Council For the Arts Chambersburg 36th Annual Exhibition of Miniature Art, Chambersburg, PA

2020 2nd Place, MonDak Heritage Center Miniature Exhibition in Sidney, MT

2020 First Place, Banner Art Contest Historic Manassas, VA

2020 Best of Show, One Love Festival, Manassas, VA

2020 Third place oils, Miniature Art Society of Florida

Guest on March 21, 2024 American Artists Professional League Instagram Live with host Jon Bandish

Guest on May 11, 2023 Fine Art Studios Art Sales and Marketing Circle Live Session with Clint Watson

Guest on May 2023 Bold Brush Show with Laura Angelo Baier

2024 November issue American Art Collector, for the Salmagundi Club auction

2024 September feature article for Coast Guard Art Program wins - Art of the West Magazine

2024 mention in the Forbes Travel Guide for my paintings in the Boston Langham Hotel https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestravelguide/2024/05/01/8-hotels-with-gallery-worthy-art-collections/?sh=718e1d7f45e3

2024 September/October issue Artists Magazine, for Honorable Mention in Contest

2024 feature in April Beautiful Bizarre Magazine - https://beautifulbizarre.net/2024/03/28/artist-directory-debra-keirce/

2024 September/October 2024 issue of Artists Magazine

2024 April issue of online magazine - Artists Network

2024 Feature in June issue Beautiful Bizarre Magazine

2023 Full page feature in International Artist Magazine Oct/Nov issue

2023 Full page Artist in Focus feature in Western Art Collector Magazine Oct issue

2021 Feature in Elan Magazine 2021 Feature and cover in Broadlands Living Magazine

2020 Feature in January issue of Ashburn Magazine

United States Coast Guard Artist

American Women Artists 

National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, and also a mentor for NOAPS

International Guild of Realism

SouthWest Artists, Inc. at Mena Gallery

Miniature Artists of America

Salmagundi Club juried member, New York, NY

Copley Society of Art juried member, Boston, MA, also juried member of the Copley Portrait Registry

Art Renewal Center Associate Living Master

Women Artists of the West 

Elected Member American Artists Professional League

Elected Member Miniature Painters, Sculptors, Gravers Society of Washington, D.C.

Member of Distinction Association of Miniature Artists

Elected member Fine Art Professionals of Northern Virginia

Hilliard Society of Miniature Artists, Wells, England

Featured Member International Community of Miniature Art

2023 ”FTAS” is part of the Florence Thomas Art School permanent collection

2022 "Groovy" is at Eaton Goldsmith's in Surrey, England 

2020 ”Ring My Bell” is in a Tokyo, Japan cafe collection 

2019 “The Wharf” is in Gordoun, France, in the collection at Perigord Retreats

2012 I was invited to paint a mural for Orange Walk Nazarine Preschool in Orange Walk, Belize

2011 - “Ethanol,” one of 50 paintings chosen from 1,000 for the corporate collection of Amazon Web Services offices in Herndon, VA

“Hot Topics” was acquired by the Yellowstone Art Museum Collection in Billings, MT

“All About the Hat” is in the WaterWorks Art Museum Permanent Collection in Miles City, MT

“Red, White and Blue” is in Customs House Museum’s permanent collection in Clarksville, TN

"Big Fish, Little Tank" is part of the permanent collection in MonDak Heritage Center Museum in Sidney, MT

"Little Black Box" is in the permanent collection at Deines Cultural Center in Russell, KS

Feb 2025, Tuckahoe Artists in Richmond, VA

July 2024 at Smith House Galleries in Harrisonburg, VA

June 2024 at Customs House Museum in Clarksville, TN

Oct 2023 at Seaside Art Gallery in Nags Head, NC

Stone Bridge Center For the Arts, Front Royal, VA December 2024River Valley Art Center in November, 2023 and November 2025, Russellville, ARAlbrecht-Kemper Museum in June 2023 and June 2024, June 2025St. Joseph, MOFlorence Thomas Art School in West Jefferson, NC 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024 Visual Arts Center Museum, Salsbury NC, 2022

1983 – present 

Most recently, studied via the Ani Academies curriculum under the direction of Anthony Waichulis

Attended, taught and hosted numerous workshops and study programs over the years.

I passionately pursued a self directed program of study. 

Hosted workshops with hand picked artists I chose because learning from them promoted my career goals

Formal education -

bachelor of science in biochemical engineering, 1983, Univ. of MI in Ann Arbor, MI, USA. and a successful career designing pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities across the world.