And Now the Trap Anniversary Edition by William Phillips

William Phillips Art Gallery

Gallery updated on Tuesday, June 9, 2026

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William Phillips portrait

"Phillips grew up loving art but never thought he could make it his
livelihood. At college he majored in criminology and had been accepted into
law school when four of his paintings were sold at an airport restaurant.
That was all the incentive he needed to begin his work as a fine art painter.
Bill Phillips is now a renowned aviation artist and the landscape artist of
choice for many collectors. Bill's strengths as a landscape painter, a
respect and reverence for a time and place, help him when painting aviation as
well as classic landscapes. Phillips often spends days observing landscape
subjects. Finding companionship with the land, he is able to convey the
boundlessness of nature on the painted canvas inspiring a reverence for the
natural landscape in its beholders.
After one of his paintings was presented to King Hussein of Jordan, Phillips
was commissioned by the Royal Jordanian Air Force. He developed sixteen 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 in 1986. He is one of only a few artists to
have been so honored.
In 1988, Phillips was chosen to be a U.S. Navy combat artist. For his
outstanding work, the artist was awarded the Navy s Meritorious Public Service
Award and the Air Force Sergeants Association s Americanism Medal. At the
prestigious annual fund raiser for the National Park Service, Bill s work has
been included in the Top 100 each year he has entered the competition and his
work has won the Art History Award twice.
Phillips was selected as the Fall 2004 Artist in Residence at the
North Rim of the Grand Canyon and tapped by the U.S. Postal Service to paint
the stamp illustrations and header design for a pane of twenty stamps in 1997
entitled Classic American Aircraft. He was chosen again in 2005 for a pane of
twenty stamps (ten designs) entitled American Advances in Aviation."

William Phillips Current Portfolio

And Now the Trap Anniversary Edition Evasive Action Over Sagami Bay Christmas on the Eighth Westbound A Date with the General Welcome Home Yank ANNIVERSARY EDITION ON Westbound A Date with the General I'll Hold You in my Dreams THUNDER IN THE CANYON MASTERWORK Winter Splendor Chasing the Daylight MASTERWORK ANNIVERSARY EDITION Shadow Dance SMALLWORK EDITION ON Pride of Arizona SMALLWORK EDITION ON BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE ENHANCED A Time of Eagles Anniversary Edition Advantage Eagle Anniversary Edition On Wings and A Prayer ANNIVERSARY EDITION ON Reflections I'll Hold You in my Dreams Sunset Recovery The Grand Expedition ACCOMPANIMENT TO THE SYMPHONY OF SPRING The Long Green Line ANNIVERSARY EDITION ON Fuel State Critical - Outcome in Doubt The Grand Expedition ACCOMPANIMENT TO THE SYMPHONY OF SPRING Alameda Bound Dauntless Against A Rising Sun Anniversary Edition Fish Tales at Beaver Camp Engaging the Enemy Limited Edition The Long Green Line ANNINVERSARY MUSEUMEDITION CAN The Hunter Becomes the Hunted MASTERWORK ANNIVERSARY EDITION Afternoon Departure at Stoney Point Light GUARDIAN AT THE GATE Sunset Recovery The Hunter Becomes the Hunted ANNIVERSARY EDITION ON Winter Splendor Threading The Eye Of The Needle, Limited Edition Print HEARTLAND Rolling on the River Into the Arms of the Dragon Christmas Eve at the Ahwahnee Denali Summer Rising into the Storm Limited Edition Two Down One to Go The Long Ride Home Anniversary Edition When You See Zeros, Fight Em Returning Fire When Prayers are Answered ANNIVERSARY EDITION ON Into the Throne Room of God Anniversary Edition The Phantoms and the Wizard ANNIVERSARY EDITION ON EARLY MORNING VISITORS Toward the Setting Sun Engaging the Enemy Limited Edition Approaching the Gate to Destiny Christmas Traditions at Watchman Hill Inn A Bandit Goes Down Choctaw Afternoon SMALLWORK EDITION ON THE TENDER CARES OF AUTUMN The Dream Fulfilled Where the Love Light Shines ANNIVERSARY EDITION ON Splitting a Pair Dawn of the Liberators COURTYARD DECEMBER OF 45 INTO THE TEETH OF THE TIGER ANNIVERSARY EDITION The Moonwatchers ANNIVERSARY EDITION Bound for Home SMALLWORK EDITION ON The Beginning of the End CAPE NEDDICK DAWN APPLE CREEK YACHT CLUB Air Force Reflections Into the Arms of the Dragon Limited Edition Last Chance Anniversary Mission Complete The Journey Continues LIMITED EDITION CO-SIGN I'll Hold You in my Dreams Artist Proof An Evening to Remember at Thunderbird Lodge, Lake Tahoe Afternoon Mail Small Works Edition A Christmas Leave When Dreams Come True ANNIVERSARY EDITION ON I'll Hold You in my Dreams MASTERWORK EDITION ARTIST PROOF GIVE US THIS DAY Into the Sunlit Splendor Avia COLLECTOR BOOK WITH AMONG THE COLUMNS OF THOR New Sounds in an Ancient Canyon HILL COUNTRY HOMECOMING A Prayer for My Brother OPEN EDITION