Phil Thomas Art

Phil Thomas was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1948, spent his early years in rural Pennsylvania but has spent most of his adult life living in Georgia. Phil comes from a family of talented artists and has been painting since 2002.

Phil paints in oils and soft pastels. He finds inspiration in the works of the French, California and Pennsylvania impressionists.

While much of Phil's training has been the result of self-study and research, he has had the experience of studying with several local artists/teachers as well as several nationally known instructors; Terry Ludwig, Kenn Backhaus, John Budicin, Allan Flattmann and Bill Davidson. He is an associate member of the Oil Painters of America, a juried member of the Atlanta Artists Center, a member of the Southeastern Pastel Society and the Quinlan Visual Arts Center and is past president of the Sawnee Artists Association.

"I started painting fairly late in life and am trying desperately to make up for lost time. Every moment I get to be outdoors and painting is a moment to be treasured. The majority of my paintings are painted from life and the larger studio paintings are usually based on these smaller paintings. I am a great lover of nature and the great outdoors and I try to capture that special experience that caught my eye and made me have to make it into a painting."