Sally Phillips Art ~ Work Review

PASTELS BY SALLY PHILLIPS

EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT REVIEW

My early years were spent seeking out and taking art classes when and where I could. I took classes at Sand Diego State, Museum of Man, the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla, and in Spanish Village. My focus was on drawing the human figure and I took life drawing classes as often as possible.

After high school, I spent three years in the art department at UCLA. I worked on special projects in the classroom with artist Billy Al Bengston and furniture designer James McCabe. I also worked on the potting wheel and learned the details of human anatomy in the fine arts department.

Prior to my job with Queens Graphics, I worked for magazines and private firms, designing, illustrating, and learning all the technical aspects of layout and production. At Queen Graphics our primary function was within the record industry, designing jackets and promotional graphics. We produced camera ready art from our original concepts.

Since 1975 I have been involved with redesigning interior space and directing the project. I have been responsible for six such renovations from conception to completion. My basic concept has been to expand and utilize available interior space, designing for light and function.

As a partner in Market Street Design I have designed ads, brochures, labels, album cover, logos, point of purchase displays, magazine covers and concepts for illustration. My work demands a lot of photography.

Larsen's Beach Road , Kaua`i

In 1994 I moved to Kauai with my husband and two children. I began photographing the skies of Kauai. I turned the photographs into pastels. I successfully sold approximately 75 of my original pastels on Kauai. During that time I had shows in Los Angeles at Hal's restaurant in Venice and at the Rose Café.

Since 1994, as my children entered school, I began teaching art classes at their school. I began to see the great demand that there was for art in the classroom. In 1996, Gae Rusk and I decided to create funding for art classes in the school. We organized a hands-on art fair for children and adults. We provided art projects that included ceramics, paper mache masks, painting on fine are paper, on found objects and decorating donated items. The fair was a huge success and we hired art instructors and paid for art materials for the school out of the proceeds. The fair became a tradition at the school as is carried on even after Gae and I have gone on.

In 2000 I began teaching privately out of my home, adults and home-schooled students. I have seen wonderful results from my students and have enjoyed the teaching experience. I also taught classes at the Kilauea Community Center. I organized and taught a life drawing class for adults. I also had a class of elementary students who did clay, paper mache, and painting projects.

In 2006 I moved back to San Diego with my daughter and began teaching at the San Diego Art Department on Ray Street in North Park. I am teaching there in pastel and charcoal.

All Sally Phillips Art is done in Pastel on Fine Art Paper 30" x 44"
Gicleé prints are available on acid free fine art paper with an ink color life of 200 years.

Sally Phillips is also available for Pastel Art Portrait Commissions.

Please contact Sally for sales information.
Call (619) 300-1414 or Email sallyphillipsart@gmail.com