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| Kristi and Bill Phillips |
On Saturday, April 14, William S. Phillips and his lovely wife, Kristi,
returned to Gallery One in Mentor. Bill’s background as a firefighter and in
the Air Force gave him lots of common ground with his collectors who share the
same experiences. They’d gather at the signing table to meet him and get lost
in long conversations. In his lecture, Bill spoke about his career as well as
the Doolittle Raiders’ reunion he was en-route to at Dayton’s Wright Patterson
Air Force Museum. See more images of the show on our site and watch the short
clip from his lecture on the video bar at right.
As one of the world’s top aviation artists, William S. Phillips was
commissioned by the Royal Jordanian Air Force to developed 16 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. He was chosen to be a U.S. Navy combat artist and was awarded
the Navy's Meritorious Public Service Award and the Air Force Sergeants
Association's Americanism Medal. In 2005, the USPS released his pane of 37 cent
stamps - American Advances in Aviation. Another dimension to Bill’s talents lies
in his nostalgic landscape scenes. He even created his own idyllic community,
Phillips Bay, where picturesque and romantic images abound. In 2004, he was
selected as Artist in Residence at the Grand Canyon’s North Rim — another
indication of his versatility. Three of Phillips' works were chosen as part of
the top 100 in Art for the Parks, and one painting received the Art History
Award from the National Park Foundation. Two coffee table books of his works
have been published.
We look forward to Bill and Kristi’s next visit. Until then, visit
GalleryOne.com to view his complete collection of prints and books.
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