Phil spent most of his life working in business after obtaining a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from Purdue University and a M.B.A. from Indiana University. While pursuing a career in business and raising a family consumed much of his time, oil painting has been part of his life, a passion, since his undergraduate days.
Raised in the Midwest, the son and grandson of farmers, he always has had an attachment to the land. He has traveled extensively internationally and has lived in Japan and New Zealand. In 2002 Phil moved to Steamboat Springs, Colorado where he more actively has pursued his interest in oil painting with a focus on landscapes. He has taken plein air workshops with Scott Christensen, Matt Smith, Ralph Oberg, John Budicin, Huihan Lui, Skip Whitcomb and Jean Perry.
Phil is inspired by the natural beauty of the outdoors and frequently paints en plein air, sometimes finishing the painting in the field, and sometimes using the plein-air paintings as studies, used later to develop paintings in the studio. The studies done outdoors provide him with an essential understanding of light, value, and color relationships found in nature.
Selected Exhibitions and Events
July 2010 – Selected by SkyWest Magazine (United Express "SkyWest" Airlines) as the cover artist for the July/August 2010 issue
July 2010 – Three person exhibit at the Artists’ Gallery of Steamboat
June 2010 – Steamboat Art Museum Plein Air Event
August 2009 – Steamboat Art Museum Plein Air Event
August 2009 – 2nd Annual Wyoming Plein Air Juried Event and Quick Draw
February 2009 – Three person exhibit at the Artist’s Gallery of Steamboat
August - October 2008 – “Local Colors”, a juried exhibit at the Steamboat Art Museum
August 2008 – First Annual Steamboat Art Museum Exhibit and Sale
July 2007 – Three person exhibit at the Artists’ Gallery of Steamboat
October 2006 – Exhibit at Studio Gallery 27, Steamboat Springs
June 2006 – “Artists Member Group Exhibit” at the Eleanor Bliss Center for the Arts at the Depot
November 2005 – One man exhibit at the Alpine Bank, Steamboat Springs
July 2005 – “SummerArt” Exhibit at the Eleanor Bliss Center for the Arts at the Depot. Juried exhibit.
September 2004 --“Artists Member Group Exhibit” at The Eleanor Bliss Center for the Arts at the Depot
March 2004 -- “A View from Here” at the Eleanor Bliss Center for the Arts at the Depot, Steamboat Springs
Upcoming Event
2010 Wyoming Plein Air Juried Event August 1-14
