William Phillips Art Gallery
Gallery updated on Friday, June 12, 2026
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"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."
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
The Grand Expedition
Afternoon Mail Small Works Edition
When You See Zeros, Fight Em
Pride of Arizona SMALLWORK EDITION ON
I'll Hold You in my Dreams
A Prayer for My Brother OPEN EDITION
Fuel State Critical - Outcome in Doubt
Shadow Dance SMALLWORK EDITION ON
ACCOMPANIMENT TO THE SYMPHONY OF SPRING
Rising into the Storm Limited Edition
Splitting a Pair
Evasive Action Over Sagami Bay
Into the Throne Room of God Anniversary Edition
Westbound A Date with the General
HEARTLAND
Westbound A Date with the General
The Long Green Line ANNIVERSARY EDITION ON
Two Down One to Go
Last Chance Anniversary
Air Force Reflections
I'll Hold You in my Dreams
Dauntless Against A Rising Sun Anniversary Edition
I'll Hold You in my Dreams Artist Proof
An Evening to Remember at Thunderbird Lodge, Lake Tahoe
Rolling on the River
Returning Fire
Advantage Eagle Anniversary Edition
A Christmas Leave When Dreams Come True ANNIVERSARY EDITION ON
BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE ENHANCED
Welcome Home Yank ANNIVERSARY EDITION ON
Christmas on the Eighth
Bound for Home SMALLWORK EDITION ON
AMONG THE COLUMNS OF THOR
The Hunter Becomes the Hunted MASTERWORK ANNIVERSARY EDITION
APPLE CREEK YACHT CLUB
Dawn of the Liberators
COURTYARD
Toward the Setting Sun
Approaching the Gate to Destiny
Sunset Recovery
Christmas Eve at the Ahwahnee
Engaging the Enemy Limited Edition
Reflections
INTO THE TEETH OF THE TIGER ANNIVERSARY EDITION
I'll Hold You in my Dreams MASTERWORK EDITION ARTIST PROOF
Chasing the Daylight MASTERWORK ANNIVERSARY EDITION
The Hunter Becomes the Hunted ANNIVERSARY EDITION ON
A Bandit Goes Down
And Now the Trap Anniversary Edition
When Prayers are Answered ANNIVERSARY EDITION ON
CAPE NEDDICK DAWN
GUARDIAN AT THE GATE
Fish Tales at Beaver Camp
Mission Complete The Journey Continues LIMITED EDITION CO-SIGN
ACCOMPANIMENT TO THE SYMPHONY OF SPRING
The Long Ride Home Anniversary Edition
HILL COUNTRY HOMECOMING
EARLY MORNING VISITORS
GIVE US THIS DAY
Into the Sunlit Splendor Avia COLLECTOR BOOK WITH
Denali Summer
On Wings and A Prayer ANNIVERSARY EDITION ON
DECEMBER OF 45
The Dream Fulfilled Where the Love Light Shines ANNIVERSARY EDITION ON
Sunset Recovery
The Long Green Line ANNINVERSARY MUSEUMEDITION CAN
New Sounds in an Ancient Canyon
THUNDER IN THE CANYON MASTERWORK
Choctaw Afternoon SMALLWORK EDITION ON
THE TENDER CARES OF AUTUMN
Threading The Eye Of The Needle, Limited Edition Print
Winter Splendor
Into the Arms of the Dragon Limited Edition
Afternoon Departure at Stoney Point Light
Christmas Traditions at Watchman Hill Inn
The Beginning of the End
The Phantoms and the Wizard ANNIVERSARY EDITION ON
The Grand Expedition
The Moonwatchers ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Winter Splendor
Into the Arms of the Dragon
Engaging the Enemy Limited Edition
Alameda Bound
A Time of Eagles Anniversary Edition