Francoise Deberdt has been drawing since the early age of seven.  She began her formal training at age fourteen at l'Ecole des Arts Appliques de Paris followed by L'Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts. In 1957, she had her first exposition in Paris. In 1960 she and her husband, an architect, moved to Rome spending four years at the Villa Medicis where her work continued to evolve. Over many years Deberdt works have exhibited worldwide in Europe - France, England, Germany, Finland, Holland, Norway, Switzerland, Bruxelles, Belgique; Australia; Japan; and USA. She has been been the recipient of numerous awards and a books have been published on her works.

DEBERDT paints primarily using water-color/gouache on unique textured paper rendering wonderful whimsical scenes from everyday life. She paints a variety of subjects from cityscapes to jungle scenes to Noah's arc. Critics applaud her works worldwide.