Deborah Freedman is both an oil painter and printmaker specializing in etching and monotypes whose work is heavily influenced by nature, especially by the Ashokan Reservoir and the Catskill Mountains. Her artistic goal is to capture both the physical and emotional transformation of her subject.

Freedman got involved with printmaking by Bob Blackburn at NYU and continued working with him at his studio as a guest artist.

Freedman is a co-founder of VanDeb Editions along with Marjorie VanDyke. It is a printmaking studio dedicated to collaborating with artists who like to experiment with intaglio and monotype. 

Her work is in many private, public and corporate collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The New York Public Library, Rutgers University, The Department of State, the Library of Congress, IPCNY, The Hess Collection, CITI, Morgan Guarantee Trust, J.Crew and Nordstrom.