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| ABOUT THE ARTIST |
| William S. Phillips |
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“Aviation was my first artistic love,” says William S. Phillips, “but my true, enduring love remains my
Christian faith, home and family. So it is my pleasure to combine all of it in my work. The historical
aviation subjects, I research; the contemporary and nostalgic subjects, I live.” Phillips grew up loving
art but never thought he could make it his livelihood. At college he majored in criminology, and he
had been accepted into law school when four of his paintings were sold at an airport restaurant. That
was all the incentive he needed to begin his work as a fine art painter. Bill Phillips is now the aviation
artist of choice for many American heroes and the nostalgic landscape artist of choice for many
collectors. Bill’s strengths as a landscape painter are what gave him an edge in the aviation field:
respect and reverence for a time and place. When one sees his aviation pieces, thoughts are about
the courageous individuals who risked their lives for our freedom. In Bill’s nostalgic works, the viewer
understands fully what that freedom is... the precious values that make life worth living. After one of
his paintings was presented to King Hussein of Jordan, Phillips was commissioned by the Royal
Jordanian Air Force. He developed sixteen major paintings, many of which now hang in the Royal
Jordanian Air Force Museum in Amman. The Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space
Museum presented a one-man show of Phillips’ work in 1986; he is one of only a few artists to have
been so honored. In 1988, Phillips was chosen to be a U.S. Navy combat artist. For his outstanding
work, the artist was awarded the Navy’s Meritorious Public Service Award and the Air Force
Sergeants Association’s Americanism Medal. In 1991, three of Phillips’ works were chosen as part
of the top 100 in “Art for the Parks,” the prestigious annual fund-raiser for the National Park Service,
and one painting received the “Art History Award” from the National Park Foundation.
Christian faith, home and family. So it is my pleasure to combine all of it in my work. The historical
aviation subjects, I research; the contemporary and nostalgic subjects, I live.” Phillips grew up loving
art but never thought he could make it his livelihood. At college he majored in criminology, and he
had been accepted into law school when four of his paintings were sold at an airport restaurant. That
was all the incentive he needed to begin his work as a fine art painter. Bill Phillips is now the aviation
artist of choice for many American heroes and the nostalgic landscape artist of choice for many
collectors. Bill’s strengths as a landscape painter are what gave him an edge in the aviation field:
respect and reverence for a time and place. When one sees his aviation pieces, thoughts are about
the courageous individuals who risked their lives for our freedom. In Bill’s nostalgic works, the viewer
understands fully what that freedom is... the precious values that make life worth living. After one of
his paintings was presented to King Hussein of Jordan, Phillips was commissioned by the Royal
Jordanian Air Force. He developed sixteen major paintings, many of which now hang in the Royal
Jordanian Air Force Museum in Amman. The Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space
Museum presented a one-man show of Phillips’ work in 1986; he is one of only a few artists to have
been so honored. In 1988, Phillips was chosen to be a U.S. Navy combat artist. For his outstanding
work, the artist was awarded the Navy’s Meritorious Public Service Award and the Air Force
Sergeants Association’s Americanism Medal. In 1991, three of Phillips’ works were chosen as part
of the top 100 in “Art for the Parks,” the prestigious annual fund-raiser for the National Park Service,
and one painting received the “Art History Award” from the National Park Foundation.
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