About the Artist

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.  Painting has been passion since his undergraduate days, although his career in business consumed much of his time.  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 lived in Japan and New Zealand. In 2002 Phil moved to Steamboat Springs, Colorado where he more actively pursued his interest in oil painting with a focus on landscapes. In 2011 Phil was invited to become a member of the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters. Recently he relocated to the Central Coast wine country of Paso Robles, California. 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 2014 - "Plein Air for the Park" Art Show and Sale at the Craig Thomas Visitor Center, Grand Teton National Park

 

July 2013 - "Plein Air for the Park" Art Show and Sale at the Craig Thomas Visitor Center, Grand Teton National Park

 

July 2012 – "Plein Air for the Park" Fine Art Show and Sale at the Craig Thomas Visitor Center, Grand Teton National Park
 
September 2011 - Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters "Colors of Colorado" show and sale at the Steamboat Art Museum
 
August 2011 – Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters Paint-Out and Show at the Wild Spirit Gallery in Pagosa Springs, CO

July 2010 - Selected by SkyWest Magazine (United Express "SkyWest" Airlines) as the cover artist for the July/August 2010
issue 
 
July 2010 - Selected as one of the top Mini-50 in the national "Paint the Parks" competition

July 2010 - Three person exhibit at the Artists' Gallery of Steamboat
 
August 2009 - 2nd Annual Wyoming Plein Air Juried Event and Quick Draw

 

February 2009 - Three person exhibit at the Artist's Gallery Steamboat

 

August - October 2008 - "Local Colors", a juried exhibit at the Steamboat Museum

 

August 2008 - First Annual Steamboat Art Museum Exhibit and Sale
 
 
Upcoming Event

July 15-19, 2015 – "Plein Air for the Park" Fine Art Show and Sale Benefiting Grand Teton National Park