Deborah Sams is a contemporary impressionist painter based in Washington, D.C. and Blowing Rock, NC. She is inspired by the works of Richard Diebenkorn, Joan Eardley, and the Society of Six: California Colorists,especially August Gay, Selden Connor Gile, and Maurice Logan.

Deborah has studied at the Washington Studio School and Yellow Barn Studio, and with Walt Bartman, Aimee Erickson, Sarah Sedwick, Maggie Siner, and Trevor Young. She is an associate member of the American Impressionist Society and Oil Painters of America. Deborah holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from High Point University, with postgraduate studies in management and organizational development at North Carolina State University, and certifications from the Stanford Social Innovation Nonprofit Management Institute and Harvard Executive Education.