Debra Krakow

Debra Krakow, artist and architect based on Wolfe Island, creates luminous paintings reflecting her deep connection to nature through an architectural lens. Her layered technique reveals complex surfaces where color and texture interplay, evoking rich histories beneath each work. Skilled across mediums including drawing, printmaking, sculpture, and ceramics, Krakow’s evolving practice is marked by a distinctive fusion of structure and atmosphere. Her work is represented by Koyman Galleries.Debra Krakow is an artist and architect. She works out of her Wolfe Island studio, looking out over farmers’ fields and the St. Lawrence Seaway. Her luminous and evocative paintings express her deeply felt connection to the natural world, seen through the lens of an architect and former urbanite.
Debra has developed her artistic practice through explorations in drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, fibre arts and ceramics. She paints in layers, selectively revealing or obscuring the underpainting to create an evocative surface. Her painted surfaces reveal a complex history of underlying colour and texture.
Debra is represented by galleries in Ottawa, Toronto, Kingston and Prince Edward County.
Debra is affiliated with: Kingston Arts Council, Ontario Association of Architects,
St. Lawrence Valley Society of Architects, and the Foundation for Architectural Research.