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WILLIAM S. PHILLIPS - LOW PASS FOR THE HOME FOLKS

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WILLIAM S. PHILLIPS - LOW PASS FOR THE HOME FOLKS
William S. Phillips - Low Pass For The Home Folks - Anniversary Edition - Imaage Size: 28"W X 16"H. - Edition Size:150 - Published From The Artist'S Original Work. - On A Trip To Garmisch, Germany, Bill Phillips And His Wife Kristi Discovered A War Memorial On A Hillside. Surrounding The Monument Were Framed Photographs Of Local Young Men Who Had Been Killed In World War Ii. Bill Was Particularly Moved By One Photograph Of A Fresh-Faced Boy, His Arms Around A Cow: “This Was No Jack-Booted Nazi. This Was A Farm Kid Who Loved His Home And Went Off To Fight For It, Just As American Boys Had Done.” The Boy’S Story Began To Develop In Bill’S Imagination: The Young German Had Gone Into The Luftwaffe And Learned To Fly Fighter Jets. One Day, Early In The War, The Boy And A Friend Had Buzzed The Home Valley In Their Bf-109S. “I Guess All Pilots Have Done That, In Every Country,” Says Bill. “The Pride Of Flight Is Universal.” Bill Checked With A German Pilot, Who Said The Practice Was Strictly Verboten — ". . . But Of Course We Did It.”………William S. Phillips “Aviation Was My First Artistic Love,” Says William S. Phillips, “But My True, Enduring Love Remains My Christian Faith, Home And Family. So It Is My Pleasure To Combine All Of It In My Work. The Historical Aviation Subjects, I Research; The Contemporary And Nostalgic Subjects, I Live.” Phillips Grew Up Loving Art But Never Thought He Could Make It His Livelihood. At College He Majored In Criminology And He 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 The Aviation Artist Of Choice For Many American Heroes And The Nostalgic Landscape Artist Of Choice For Many Collectors. Bill’S Strengths As A Landscape Painter Are What Gave Him An Edge In The Aviation Field: Respect And Reverence For A Time And Place. When One Sees His Aviation Pieces, Thoughts Are About The Courageous Individuals Who Risked Their Lives For Our Freedom. In Bill’S Nostalgic Works, The Viewer Understands Fully What That Freedom Is . . . The Precious Values That Make Life Worth Living. 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. In 1991, Three Of Phillips’ Works Were Chosen As Part Of The Top 100 In “Art For The Parks,” The Prestigious Annual Fund-Raiser For The National Park Service, And One Painting Received The “Art History Award” From The National Park Foundation.