Oil portrait of Kelsey by David Phillips, with loosely styled blonde hair and her face turned to one side.

Painting the individual, not simply the likeness.

Selected Work

Oil portrait of Johnathan by David Phillips, showing a bearded man wearing a patterned green shirt.

Johnathan · Oil on board · 40 × 50 cm

Oil portrait of Tamsyn by David Phillips, showing a young woman with long blonde hair and glasses.

Tamsyn · Oil on board · 40 × 50 cm

Oil portrait of Birgit by David Phillips, showing a woman wearing glasses and a pink scarf.

Birgit · Oil on board · 40 × 50 cm

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BEYOND A LIKENESS

Original photographic reference of Kelsey, taken during the portrait commission process.

Finished oil portrait of Kelsey, created from the original photographic reference.

The photograph
is the beginning.
The painting is the interpretation.

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COMMISSIONS

Every portrait is a collaboration.

Time spent getting to know the sitter and an original photographic session help shape the direction of each commission.

From the selected image, the painting is developed slowly in oils.

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DAVID PHILLIPS

What makes us who we are.

I have always been interested in the way we see people, not simply their appearance, but the small characteristics that make someone recognisably themselves.

Painting gives me the opportunity to explore this slowly, creating work that captures a likeness, but also something of the person behind it.

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