I continue to love the idea of living inside my paintings where fantasy rules, horizons are boundless and everyone is united by magic.

These are paintings about Love, family, friends and connections and are always inspired by beautiful places and events that are painted by memory and imagination. The horses represent energetic beings that serve as familiar and recognisable points in a new place.

I hope these works will inspire you to keep pushing away from the shore and remind you to play with child-like abandon.

(Text by Kate Debbo)

Margaret River artist, Kate Debbo creates life-affirming and joyful works that are abstracted, colourful landscapes and florals in oil paint. Her works are visceral, naïve, emotive and painterly.

Debbo is inspired by the beauty of her surroundings. Her daily wanderings with her dog in the forest, a collection of special memories and adventures with her family and more. Frequently she explores the symbolism of the horse within the landscape. Horses reflect domesticity but also link to a more magical world and a nostalgic look at the past, representing beings or people and standing for freedom, a playful invitation to a better world.

Through her work she hopes to capture the magic in the every day.