Deborah Last

One of my earliest memories is waking early and drawing. I have always been a very early riser, and my parents left me art materials in my bedroom so I wouldn't wake them first thing. I can remember sitting there and drawing and telling stories in my mind, and that was the foundation of my art practice. 

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I have a fairly relaxed attitude to materials and love to work across different disciplines, often working three-dimensionally as well as with painting and drawing. My work often explores the landscape and how we, as humans, connect with it. 

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My faith is the bedrock of my creativity. I am getting bolder as I get older about making that evident within my work. I endeavour to do this in a way that is both contemporary and engaging. 

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"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands" - Psalm 19:1

MA in Contemporary Art Practice, Plymouth Uni
BA Hons Ceramics & Glass
Post Graduate certificate in Art education.
To further my life drawing skills, I spent time studying anatomy with Dr Sarah Simblet and Professor Brian Crook at the Ruskin, Oxford University.
Long-listed for the Jackson's Painting Prize 2021 & 2022

Oxford Art Weeks, St Mary’s, Chipping Norton, Group show. 17th – 26th May 2025

Cotswolds, West Ox Arts, Bampton. Group show. 22nd March – 19th April

New Work, Group Show, West Ox Arts, Bampton 12th January – 20th March

Painting The Year Studio Kind, Braunton 17th -29th May 2023

BBC Spotlight Interview re: 365 project 5th January 2023

Interview BBC radio Devon re: 365 project 1st January 2023

Completed 356 days of en plein air daily painting 31st December 2022

Member Appledore Gallery December 2022 August 2023

Guest Artist Appledore Gallery 1st August to 30th September

Artist in Residence, Appledore Book Festival 15th 25th September 2022

Art Makers Exhibition, Appledore Book festival, St Margaret’s Hall 15th 25th September 2022

Artist in Residence Bucks Mills Cabin, National Trust 22nd – 29th August 2022

NDA@ Barnstaple Hospital 8th July - 31st October 2022

Queen North Devon Arts summer exhibition. KIND. Gallery Braunton. 5th -19th June 2022
Jackson’s Painting Prize, Longlist. March 2022

Jill Rousseau Gallery. 25th November 2021 - 2nd January 2022

Devon Open Studios. 11th -26th September 2021.

Then, At Last. Art Institute, Plymouth. 11th -27th June 2021.

Jackson’s painting Prize, Longlist. March 2021

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