Artist, art therapist, and gallerist, Deanna has been creating art since childhood. She founded Art Therapy Austin in 2003 and Lydia Street Gallery in 2021. She was raised in a family of creatives and continues to strive to connect with others and help others connect with themselves through art.Born in Houston, TX and having lived in Irving, TX; Algiers, Algeria; Algiers, West Bank, New Orleans (yes, you read that right); Dallas, TX; Austin, TX; Chicago, IL, ; St Charles, IL, she has lived in Austin (nonconsecutively) for thirty years. Her mediums include assemblage, bronze, ceramics, collage, drawing, fiber, painting, photography, sculpture (ceramic, bronze, assemblage), and pretty much anything she can lay her hands on.