A native of Augusta, Georgia, Philip’s love for the landscape began on the many trips his family made to explore the forests and fields of the Southeast, and continued to grow through later years of travel through Europe and the United States. In 1990, he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drawing and painting from the University of Georgia. Following his studies, Philip’s work primarily explored the landscapes of travel. In 1997, he earned a Master of Landscape Architecture degree from the University of Georgia, writing his thesis on the pre-settlement savannas that once flourished across the southeastern piedmont, a subject that has informed much of his work since then. Now living in Athens, Georgia, Philip still paints the landscapes of travel, but focuses primarily on remnant natural landscapes that offer a glimpse of the Southeast before European settlement.

Philip's work is held in private, corporate, and public collections and has been exhibited in one- and two- person shows and juried group exhibitions.

As a landscape painter, Philip's interest is in light, volume, and capturing the impression of a particular place at a particular time. His paintings convey information about the subject’s landscape history and the kind of sensory impressions that can make the viewer feel as if he or she is right there. Philip's paintings transform the physical experience of the place into two dimensions.

Philip's set up in Lazio, Italy 2005.

1997

Master of Landscape Architecture, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA.  MLA Thesis: The Presettlement Piedmont Savanna: A Model for Landscape Design and Management

1990

Bachelor of Fine Arts, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Major: Drawing and Painting.

1988

University of Georgia Studies Abroad in Cortona, Italy, Drawing and Painting.

2009

A Pleasant Territory: Grasslands in the Southeast, Circle Gallery, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

2008

Italian Evening, Lake Club, Reynolds Plantation, GA.

2007

New Landscapes, Aurum Studios, Athens, GA.

2005

Southern Landscapes, Carolina Galleries, Charleston, SC.

2004

Forged by Drought, Flood, and Fire: Scenes of Remnant Landscapes, Circle Gallery, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

1993

Bean Soup, Pomodoro, Boston, MA.

2008

Italia, group exhibit, Carteret Contemporary Art, Morehead City, NC.

Spirit of the Land III, invitational exhibit, Athens, GA.

2007

Two Person Exhibit, Carolina Galleries, Charleston, SC.

Spirit of the Land II, invitational exhibit, State Botanical Garden, Athens, GA.

2006

At the Water's Edge, group exhibit, Carolina Galleries, Charleston, SC.

Spirit of the Land, invitational exhibit, State Botanical Garden, Athens, GA.

Group exhibit, Aurum Studios, Athens, GA.

Perspectives of Travel, two-person exhibit, UGA Alumni Center, Atlanta, GA.

2005

Matters of Perspective, two-person exhibit, Aurum Studios, Athens, GA.

Places-Nonplaces, two-person exhibit, Circle Gallery, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Skinnydipping, group exhibit, Mercury Gallery, Athens, GA.

Lyndon House Arts Center 30th Juried Exhibition, Athens, GA.

2002

Exploration and Discovery: Field Studies, group exhibit, Circle Gallery, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Topophilia II, invitational exhibit, Clayton Street Gallery, Athens, GA.

2000

Isolalunga to Holzhausen, two-person exhibit, Joanna Angell Gallery, Walterboro, SC.

1997

Twenty-second Annual Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA.

1995

SED First Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Circle Gallery, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

1994

Travelers' Landscapes, two-person exhibit, Dover Public Library, Dover, MA.

1990

Honors Thesis Exhibition, group exhibit, Visual Arts Gallery, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

1988

Mostra, juried exhibit of work by participants in the University of Georgia Studies Abroad program, Cortona, Italy.

2010

"Behind the Scenes: A Landscape Painter Drinks Science Kool-aid," cosponsored by the Environmental Ethics Certificate Program and the Department of Geology at The University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

2009

"Portraying the presettlement Southeast through oil paintings of remnant grassland communities," 6th Eastern Native Grass Symposium, Columbia, SC.

2008

"Scenes of a Vanished Wilderness," artist in residence series, Reynolds Plantation, GA.