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Robert Phillips was born in Southern California and spent
many a leisurely summer at the beach. But it wasn’t until he
moved to New York to begin a successful career in the world of
advertising that he learned how to sail. It was an activity that
would stay with him through club racing, local cruising and two
boats of his own. This love affair with “the sail” continues
today. Although educated as an advertising art director and with a
bachelor of fine arts degree, it wasn’t until leaving the ad
business that Bob began to paint. Not surprisingly, his subject
of choice revolves around the sea. “There are plenty of
historical marine painters and an abundance of landscape
painters who deal with the surf, but I haven’t seen much work
that illustrates the nuts and bolts of the contemporary marine
world many of us have incorporated into our lives.” Being a
boatyard buff, Bob developed a fascination for the ‘sculptural
look’ of a boat out of the water. Add to that an interest in the
play of light, shadow and reflection on the surface of a hull
and you have the subject matter for some interesting painting.
Bob will be quick to tell you that he has just begun to
explore his talent and that he feels he has a lot to learn. Yet
within the first six months of laying paint to canvas he won two
awards at juried shows sponsored by The Greenwich Art Society.
The same organization gave him his first one-man show. Bob has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business
Administration from the University of Southern California and a
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Advertising Design from Art
Center College of Design in Los Angeles. He has studied with
Enzo Russo at the Greenwich Art Society. Don’t be surprised of find Bob hanging around a boatyard near
by. He lives and works in Stamford, Connecticut.
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