Debbie SCHRAMER

I am an artist, writer, musician and naturalist. I feel that life is such a beautiful thing; such a gift for each of us.
I was born in Los Angeles, California in the United States. We lived also by the ocean for many years and I think that was an inspiration to me to work in art, as I was very inspired by the serenity and beauty of the sea. I felt the vastness of it and the presence of God. I often spoke to the ocean and to the birds and felt that nature was my "home", a place that reminded me of what life is really all about. I began writing poetry when I was eleven years old and am still writing. I feel as if an unseen companion always assists me in my writings, helping me to be in touch with the spiritual world and with the child within myself.
I have always loved nature and have collected beautiful things from nature for many years. I began creating art from nature in 1987, making small furnishings and dwellings, little people and sculptural objects using flowers, mosses, branches, leaves and everything that I could find and loved in the natural world. I began selling my work at art shows and soon my husband began helping me, as I became too busy to keep up with the interest in my work, which was very exciting for me. My husband, Mike and I worked together for 8 years, creating our wonderful nature art and eventually created our most wonderful masterpiece....a 5' x 4' Nature Treehouse, which was exhibited at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland and was chosen as the 4th favorite work of art out of the 400 art pieces in their opening exhibit.
Our treehouse is truely wonderful, a world of it's own; furnished rooms, stairways and secret gardens, and endless paths to waunder and discover, all created from nature. We want to create more treehouses for people and are excited to begin another forest house for anyone who is interested. We can make smaller dwellings as well.
I love art and feel that being creative gives me peace and happiness but more importantly, sharing it with others is true enjoyment for me. I feel it is important to show the beauty and gentleness and kindness in the world and I try to emanate that in my work.