Mentor's Gallery One Hosts Return of William Phillips
Gallery One, 7003 Center St., Mentor
May 09, 2008
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William “Bill” Phillips, widely-known as the world’s top aviation artist, will visit Gallery One, Mentor, on May 9 to open a month-long exhibition.
Phillips grew up loving art but never thought he could make it his livelihood. He majored in criminology and had been accepted into law school when four of his paintings sold. That was all the incentive he needed to begin his work as a fine art painter.
Now Phillips is the favorite aviation artist for many American heroes and the nostalgic landscape artist of choice for many civilians. “Bill’s strength as a landscape painter and his technical and historical knowledge of aviation give his aviation works unparalleled accuracy,” said Alan Brown, Gallery One president. “And since he expanded into Americana images, a whole new audience has discovered his talents.”
Phillips’ list of honors and awards is legendary. In 1986 the National Air and Space Museum presented a one-man show of his work. He joined the service in 1988 and became a US Navy combat artist, winning the Navy’s Meritorious Public Service Award and the Air Force Sergeants Americanism Medal. Later, he was honored by the Park Service.
His Gallery One appearance will be marked by new giclee print editions along with older, rare works and his books, The Art of William S. Philips: The Glory of Flight and Into the Sunlit Splendor.
Phillips will appear at Gallery One, May 9 from 6 to 9. He will lecture informally at 7.
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