Deborah Phillips

Deborah Phillips was born in Dundee and is the daughter of the late well known Scottish artist, Douglas Phillips. From a young age, it became apparent that she would follow in her father's footsteps and first exhibited work at the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art at the age of 14.

Upon leaving school Deborah attended Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee and graduating with BA (honours) in 1987. Following graduation, she took up the post of Merchandise Designer with the National Trust for Scotland and a similar post with Historic Scotland followed. Her design work has been featured in several leading art and women's magazines.

Deborah now paints full time from her studio in Fife and exhibits her work widely throughout the UK. To create her bright work, she applies layers of paint to a variety of different surfaces, resulting in textured, effervescent paintings which shimmer when catching the light.

" I enjoy all aspects of creating a painting, from going out into the stunning Scottish countryside to collect reference material, priming the board on which I will paint, squeezing paint from the tubes and watching it glisten on the palette ,holding the well-used brushes, mixing the squelchy colour and applying it in swathes, varnishing, framing and then seeing the finished article on a gallery wall - every stage gives me a thrill.”