Deborah Camp is a freelance artist, writer, and art educator. She specializes in a medley of visual and written mediums from short stories and poetry to graphic design illustrations and hand painting murals for a variety of clients. Her passion for visual art derives from her great-grandfather. He loved to paint the landscapes of his motherland and horses. Her passion for writing stems from her mother’s childhood story writing musings. She became inspired in this artistic environment starting at the age of 3 when she first picked up a paint brush to embark on her own artistic journey and followed it throughout her schooling from elementary school through Queens College where she graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree.   Over the years she has shared her literary and visual works with her local community in art shows and open mic nights to channel her boundless passion for the arts to encourage everyone to follow their dreams. The themes of her past art shows and open mic performances were about the inner child in all of us and how important it is to nurture them and keep alive their sense of wonder of how they look at the world and find inspiration in everything around them. The other motifs and styles you will see coursing through her written and visual works are of mental health advocacy, surrealism, whimsy, peace, environmental awareness of nature, the psychedelic era, uplifting inspirational messages and celebrating and embracing one’s uniqueness. Articles about her work have been published in the Queens Chronicle, Leader Observer, QNS Courier Sun and Airport Voice newspapers as well as The Scene magazine.Deborah Camp’s work can be found on her social media platforms:Instagram: @artbydebcampFacebook: Art by Deborah Camp