AFTER SUMMER SCHOOL AT THE SLADE Summer School and then completing a foundation course at the Chelsea School of Art, Debbie Urquhart did a BA in Fine Art at Newcastle University. She then got a job working on the shop floor at Colefax and Fowler on Kings Road and whilst there, the director, Emma Burns, saw her work and purchased one of her paintings. A friend of Emma’s, who owned a gallery, saw the painting and offered Debbie a solo show. She was still in her early 20s and her career snowballed from there. Debbie has since had several solo shows and exhibited in galleries and art fairs across the world.
From an early age, I had an instinct
