Deb Williams is a contemporary fine artist working in a variety of mediums.

She paints sea, landscapes and human forms semi- abstracted- in acrylic, oil and encaustic mediums.

Deb loves bold colour and energy in her works. She describes herself as a colourist- and uses a lot of texture and paint on her canvases!

She strives for her work to show emotion, passion and movement, using distortion and mark making.

Deb moved a couple of years ago from a farm in Canterbury- big skies and nor westers, the Alps and Pegasus Bay- to Taranaki. Here she has become intrigued by the native bush, the moody West Coast weather and of course Maunga Taranaki. She has left behind her cows and horses and she is now able to indulge in her passion for walking in storms on the beach with her camera and her dogs. Though the cows still feature sometimes of course!

Deb has been working on a series of New Zealand waterfall paintings during the last year. Waterfalls are incredibly soothing and spiritual- both calming and energetic. Her waterfalls and cascades are based loosely on New Zealand scenes - either sent to her from waterfall hunting friends, or hiked to, and photographed herself. She then distorts these to keep the essence of the scene - and often she says - her brush just goes wild!

Sue Baker's outgoing exhibition 'On a Creative Journey' was her first exhibition and showcased a wide exploration of subject matter and media. Sue shared the gallery space with students from the South Taranaki Creative Space 'Creative Inclusion Classes' who were under the guidance of her and sister Erryn Wilcox.

The images below are from the opening of that exhibition on the 21st August.