“I’ve been an artist for about 35 years. In my most recent works I’ve been using a unique paint-crackling technique I developed to create rich textures and unusual colors.

Deb Westman showing her abstract paintings in sunglasses, a black top, black leather pants, and brown boots, leaning against a concrete ledge in front of three large abstract paintings outdoors in a mountainous area with green trees and cloudy sky.
Learning to blow glass
Interior of Deb Westman's art studio, sitting in front of an easel facing large glass doors, with artwork on the walls and art supplies on surfaces inside
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"Hi there, I'm Debbie Westman, I have always loved making things, my Mom likes to say that I was born with crayons.

In the 1990’s I sculpted ceramic Indian masks and then moved onto sculpt Day Dreamer Dolls as "Debbie Ward" which I sold in my then home town Santa Barbara for about 25 years.

      I was featured in the Santa Barbara News Press and sold at the YES Store and along the Beach board walk on Sundays. I participated in many Art and Harvest Festivals and eventually opened an artists Co-Op called Moonshine Bay.

After many years I moved to my home town of Sun Valley, Idaho where I met my Husband Mark, who swept me away traveling for many years. We recently bought a home that has an art studio. Here is where my painting career has taken off, I have always wanted to paint big but I'm messy, finally I have a place to play and get paint everywhere including all over myself.

I don’t have a masters in Art, I am what happens when you let someone take a zillion classes and workshops without supervising them!

I hope you enjoy the paintings as much as I do painting them.

thank you, Deb