Juniper Sunset 16 x 20 Oil $ 2,400
August Trail 11" x 14" Oil $ 1,300
Calm Waters by John D. Phillips 16 x 20 Oil $2,400
Farmland Dusk 11" x 14" Oil $ 1,300
Soft Green Reflections by John D. Phillips 18 x 24 Oil $3,200
Wild Pea Vines From Table Mountain 8 x 10 Oil $ 1,000
Pasture Light 8 x 10 Oil $ 1,000
Arapaho Peaks 8 x 10 Oil $ 1,000
Forest Rocks 11 x 14 Oil $1,300
Summer Stream 11" x 14" Oil $1,300
Red River Bank 16" x 20" Oil $ 2,400
Beach Near Esperanza 16" x 20" Oil $ 2,400
Coastal Clouds 8" x 10" Oil $ 1,000
Ozark Hills 6 x 8 Oil $825
Western Vista 11 x 14 Oil $1,300
Pecos Pony 11 x 14 Oil $1,300
Near The Taylor 11" x 14" Oil $ 1,300
Artist Statement:
I discovered painting on a warm evening in a woods in northern California. I was about seven years old. A group of painters had arranged their easels randomly among the enormous oaks, sycamores and elms. As I approached, one or two of them looked at me and smiled. No one spoke as I wandered about, peering at their canvases. I kept a respectful distance and made as little noise as possible. The strange smells of turpentine and paint were exotic and a little dizzying. These people were clearly passionate about their work; mediative and completely engrossed. No need to talk... we were all excitedly alert to every magical nuance of the quiet forest twilight. That happened forty years ago, but the exquisite focus those painters held is a familiar state of mind for most painters. One of my greatest pleasures in painting is the knowledge that this “spirit” connects painters the world over and throughout the centuries. It connects us as interpreters of what nature lets us see and feel.
The visual experiences of growing up in the American Southwest, Australia and Southeast Asia have undoubtedly influenced my work. As to my historical influences, I admire the work of the 18th and 19th century English landscape artists who were drawn to the various atmospheres and moods created by weather, light, and color. The Barbizon painters of the 19th century with their lyrical sensitivity to nature, and the Hague School with their use of subtle tonality, created powerful paintings of mood and substance through awareness and connection with their surroundings. I believe those artists’ early practice of plein-aire painting made that connection possible. Russian painters of the late 1800s and 1900s painted compelling landscapes with the realists’ sensitivity to color, light and mood but with looser, more impressionistic brushwork. My paintings include very few elements of modern human encroachment. Perhaps that’s a bit of the idealist or naturalist in me. What I paint is where I’d like to be. Above all, my goal is to share the moods of nature with my viewer.