Debi Studios, LLC

12/08/2025

Riddle me this . . .
What do a 400-year-old Burr Oak tree in Columbia, Missouri, a few friendly ghosts, a little boy and his dog, and a fabulously colorful owl all have in common?

They’ve all found their way into my latest children’s book illustration project!

This charming story was written by Peggy Freeman, who was inspired after taking her grandchildren to visit the historic McBaine Burr Oak tree in Columbia, Missouri. Her oldest grandchild, Thomas, loved the Halloween tale and even helped Peggy create the ending of the book. Naturally, I took that as a personal challenge to pack in as much magic, detail, and whimsy as humanly possible.

Let’s just say . . . no leaf, owl feather, or ghostly swirl was left un-illustrated.
Feeling grateful to bring such a sweet story to life.

09/08/2025

It’s that season to look at new ornaments, prints and wool-felted if-its that have arrived at my etsy shop. Soon to follow, the story of the Nook.

08/28/2025

So it’s been a hawt minute since I have posted anything artistic. Been super busy and now its tome on unveil what I have been up too. Project one: chalk painting my childhood furniture. It needed an upgrade, bad. I knew I didn’t want to paint the entire thing and I LOVE wood grain so I decided to leave the tops natural and paint the rest. I used dark charcoal grey paint, sanded the top to a finishing sandpaper of 3000 grit, lather all the furniture. with wax, added some cute dresser pulls and wala, new furniture.

01/19/2024

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01/13/2024

In three short days I will be dropping off my artwork to Lori .ami . Beyond excited to be part of this artistic community in my most favorite place in the world and truly humbled Lori selected me to be part of her team. One step closer to my dream!!! LET’s DO THIS! BOOOOM! 🎉🏖️🎊🔥
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12/01/2023

Show time! 👍🏻

11/21/2023

I am super excited to announce I have been accepted into this years Merry Makers Market at the Foundry Art Centre located in downtown St. Charles Missouri. Its all about the world I created called The Nook Cubbyhollows. Within this world you can buy the Nook house prints, Sugarplum Treehouse ornaments and new this year, the Nook If-Its made of sculpted wool!! Come support local artisans. Who knows, you may find some A•M•A•Z•I•N•G one-of-a-kind gifts for Christmas!!

10/28/2023

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Patti Prevedel Alvarez Missouri Fiber Artists Missouri Artisans Association/ The Best of Missouri Bobbie Sweeney Shelby Barnett Eureka Missouri Chamber of Commerce Kimberly Daniels Sylvia Krista Rischbieter Overstreet Ali Overstreet Matthew Gagliano Lex Halakan Jennifer Riggby Jennifer Sinn Keith Pickler Lisa Smith Wieseman Lisa Napolitano Laura Minks Kathy Kuhlenbeck Ramona Mundwiller Jill McClory Schaeffer Molly Ragusky Joelle Pruitt Phil Ragusky Sandra Simpkins Terry Jennifer Schoenholz lynwilliams Brittany Kletter-Evans Dave and Doris Westfall Dave Gilbert Rena Cunningham

09/08/2023

Super excited to have the opportunity to participate as a vendor at the Quilt Show in Herman MO at the St Paul UCC Church Friday September 8th & 9th. Stop by to check out the latest wool-felted if-its, new Enchanted SugarPlum Treehouse ornaments and New Nook whimsical prints of gnomes house. I will be demoing how to make a wool If-It. Gonna be a good time!!

06/08/2023

Honored to be featured in the Missouri Life magazine.

https://missourilife.com/no-rain-delay-for-this-missouri-artist/

Missouri artist Debi Pickler began drawing and painting as a kindergartener, and had soon amassed quite a collection of work. She decided to stage an art show in her backyard. But before a single soul saw her creations, disaster struck. Missouri artist Debi Pickler began drawing and painting as a ki...

06/06/2023

So you wrote a book and you need an illustrator/designer to help bring your book to life. Check out my latest blog where I discuss my step-by-step process of how I can help you get you book illustrated/designed.

https://debi-studios.com/f/so-you-need-an-illustrator-to-illustrate-your-book

05/29/2023

A visit from Meeko the studio cat while drawing. We must be ON TOP of the drawing in order to get some head scratches. .