Deborah was born in Dundee, the daughter of well-known Scottish artist, Douglas Phillips (1926-2012).
It soon became apparent that she would follow in her father's footsteps.

She first exhibited her work at the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art at the age of 14.
She then attended Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee and graduated with BA (hons) 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 featured in several leading women's magazines and her paintings featured in International Artist, Artists and Illustrators, Picture Business and Art Business Today to name but a few. She also worked with an international art and craft materials company demonstrating products at leading art fairs.

Today, she now concentrate on painting in acrylics from her studios in Woodhaven overlooking the Firth of Tay and Pittenweem in the East Neuk of Fife.

 " I enjoy all aspects of creating a painting, from going out into the 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."

She exhibits extensively throughout Scotland. In addition to being reproduced as limited edition hand-embellished giclee prints and fine art greetings cards, her work can be found in corporate and private collections worldwide.

 Commissions and Collections

Bank of Scotland

Standard Life

Cairn Energy

Wright Health Group

Marks and Spencer

Princess Ysenburg von Budingen

Lady Fraser

Tayside Police

Various private collections worldwide

Exhibitions

Royal Scottish Academy

Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art

Society of Artists/Artist Craftsmen

English Speaking Union, Edinburgh

Ainscough Contemporary Art, London

Air Gallery, London

Kensington Exhibition Centre, London

Thompson's Gallery Group (London, Stow, Aldeburgh)

Red Rag Gallery, Stow on the Wold

Wren Gallery, Burford

Moll de la Fusta, Barcelona

The Bridge Gallery, Dublin

Waring Gallery, County Armagh

Affordable Art Fair, London

Glasgow Art Fair

Aberfeldy Gallery, Aberfeldy

Annan Gallery, Glasgow

Atholl Gallery, Dunkeld

Eduardo Allessandro Studios, Dundee

Frames, Perth

Galleria Luti, Callander

Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen

Glamis Castle

Juno Gallery, Dunoon

Just Art, Fochabers

Leith Gallery, Edinburgh

Old Course Hotel, St Andrews

Pitlochry Festival Theatre

Gallery Q, Dundee

Riverside Gallery, Stonehaven

Rowan Gallery, Helensburgh

Strathearn Gallery, Crieff

Tolqhon Gallery, Aberdeenshire

Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh

Blue Duck Gallery, Reading

Edinburgh Art Fair

The Hunter Gallery, Long Melford

Publications

Artists & Illustrators Magazine (Aug 2000 & Feb 2007 issue)

Art Business Today (August 2003)

International Artist Magazine (Autumn 2001 & May 2003)

Picture Business (September 2002)

Tartan 2cv. Scotland's Artists Calendar 2005-2024

Tartan 2cv. Scotland's Artists Cards

Art from Scotland. 22 Limited Edition Giclee Prints

Abacus Cards - Cards and Notelets

Paperlink Cards - L'arte GreetingsCards

Woodmansterne - Greetings Cards

Arrowhead Press - Book Covers