Primarily self taught, Debbie Faas is an oil painter with a focus on portraiture. Cultivating and nourishing her talent has been her number one focus in life. She took a five year break from portraits in 2015-2020 to explore her own creative art-making, but returned to portraiture during the pandemic. During 2020-2022 she painted over 100 commissioned portraits, including five large paintings made for the showtime series, The First Lady. She is now moving back into creative work in Chicago, as well as continuing on with portraiture.

Debbie discovered her natural ability to paint in high school and from that point on has been unwavering in her dedication to seeing how far she can develop her art. As a younger artist, Debbie explored different artistic endeavors and mediums before committing to taking her oil painting to a higher level in her thirties.