He was chosen again in 2005 for a pane of The stamp illustrations and header design for a pane of twenty stamps in 1997Įntitled Classic American Aircraft. North Rim of the Grand Canyon and tapped by the U.S.
Phillips was selected as the Fall 2004 Artist in Residence at the
Work has won the Art History Award twice. Prestigious annual fund raiser for the National Park Service, Bill’s work hasīeen included in the Top 100 each year he has entered the competition and his Outstanding work, the artist was awarded the Navy’s Meritorious Public ServiceĪward and the Air Force Sergeants Association’s Americanism Medal. In 1988, Phillips was chosen to be a U.S. The Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum presentedĪ one-man show of Phillips’ work in 1986. Paintings, many of which now hang in the Royal Jordanian Air Force Museum inĪmman. Was commissioned by the Royal Jordanian Air Force. Finding companionship with the land, he is able to convey theīoundlessness of nature on the painted canvas inspiring a reverence for theĪfter one of his paintings was presented to King Hussein of Jordan, Phillips Phillips often spends days observing landscape Respect and reverence for a time and place, help him when painting aviation as Bill's strengths as a landscape painter, a That was all the incentive he needed to begin his work as a fine art painter.īill Phillips is now a renowned aviation artist and the landscape artist ofĬhoice for many collectors. Law school when four of his paintings were sold at an airport restaurant. At college he majored in criminology and had been accepted into Phillips grew up loving art but never thought he could make it his Both the Fine Art Limited Edition Giclée Canvas and Fine Art Limited Edition Giclée Print of this spectacular image have been signed by MSgt.
Phillips' inspiring new limited edition "Into the Arms of the Dragon" pays tribute to the combined efforts of two nations. The brave sacrifices of the Chinese saved many lives and solidified the American people in their determination to succeed. In the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign, Japanese forces killed an estimated 250,000 Chinese civilians as retaliation and as intimidation to prevent further assistance of American soldiers. The Chinese paid dearly for the aid and shelter they provided to American soldiers. As they tumbled into the stormy night sky, David Jones and his crew entrusted their safety -and their lives - to the arms of the dragon. The dragon is believed to be the benevolent guardian of water, as well as life-giving rain and storms. In Chinese folklore the lóng, or dragon, symbolizes all that is good: abundance, prosperity, good fortune, nobility and divine protection, as well as the Chinese people themselves. At a small break in the cloud cover over Chu Chow the members of Crew 5, who could coax their aircraft no further, left the plane, trusting their parachutes, the wind and the Chinese people to lead them to safety. They knew that their B-25 did not have the range to make those friendly airfields and getting to the China coast or past Japanese-occupied China would take great skill and uncommon luck. Because of the early discovery by Japanese picket boats, Captain David Jones and the rest of Crew 5 (aircraft 02283) left the deck of the USS "Hornet" knowing their one-way trip was perilously shorter. The Doolittle Raid on Japan was always designed as a one way mission: from the carrier to friendly airfields in China by way of Tokyo. Click Here to Explore more form this artist
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