DANIEL PHILL GATHERING COLOR
Pictured on cover: Lucida, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 48x48 inches
Daniel Phill Gathering Color
April 9 - May 7, 2022
2716 S. La Cienega Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90034 310-838-3685 | www.gbgla.com
Daniel Phill: Artist Statement 2022
My current paintings are botanical abstractions inspired by the natural world. They are a reimagining of flowers, vegetation and the landscape. I am always on the lookout for new visual stimuli that I can bring to the work. The color palettes and compositions are affected by what I see from my studio windows, looking out to the nearby bay. My work is also influenced by repeated travels to the lush green surroundings of the Pacific Northwest, where I grew up. I find that observing various gardens throughout the seasons to be an important activity for finding inspiration as well. I approach my work with an open mind, curious to see what develops within the paintings in progress. Line, texture and color are integral elements of these deliberately spontaneous paintings. As the paintings each emerge on their own timeline, the images often blend and melt into one another through broad swaths of wet-into-wet paint. Layers of translucent color contribute to the overall feeling of each piece. Fauvism, Brush Painting and Abstract Expressionism are among the several styles of art which help inform my work. I aim to create paintings that are organic and unfolding, in a place between representation and abstraction. I am grateful for the opportunity to engage viewer’s curiosity.
Rivulet, 2022 acrylic on canvas 36x60 inches
Cantillate, 2019 acrylic on canvas 36 x 60 inches
Lucida, 2022 acrylic on canvas 48x48 inches
Longshore, 2018 acrylic on canvas 48x36 inches
Lambent, 2022 acrylic on canvas 36x36 inches
Tracery, 2016 acrylic on canvas 40x36 inches
DANIEL PHILL EDUCATION 1981-83 Master of Fine Arts, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 1977-78 Bachelor of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 1974-77 Washington State University, Pullman, WA SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2022 George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA 2019 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2018 Studio Shop Gallery, Burlingame, CA 2018 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2018 Filsinger Gallery, Palm Desert, CA 2016 George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA 2015 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2015 Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2014 Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2014 George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA 2014 Ligne Roset, San Francisco, CA 2014 George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA 2013 Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2012 Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2011 Ramey Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA 2011 George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA 2010 Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2010 Eleonore Austerer Gallery, Palm Desert, CA 2009 Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2008 George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA 2008 The Studio Shop, Burlingame, CA 2008 Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2008 Edge Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2007 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2007 Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2007 Eleonore Austerer Gallery, Palm Desert, CA 2006 George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA 2006 Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2006 Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA 2006 Modern Eye Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2005 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2005 Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2005 Modern Eye Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2005 George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA 2004 Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2004 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2003 Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2002 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2001 Bradford Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000 Bradford Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1998 John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1994 John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991 1989 1989 1987 1986 1985 1984
John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA Wade Gallery, Los Angeles, CA John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA Woodside/Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA Dana Reich Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2021 Art Market Hamptons, Art Fair, Bridgehampton, NY 2021 Studio Shop Gallery, Emerging Spring, Burlingame, CA 2021 Squared Alumni Exhibition, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2019 Art Market San Francisco, Art Fair, San Francisco, CA 2018 Owen Contemporary, Size Doesn’t Matter, Santa Fe, NM 2018 Martha Rae Baker & Daniel Phill, Owen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM 2018 SOFA Chicago, Art Fair, Chicago, IL 2017 FourSquared Exhibition, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2017 Art Market San Francisco, Art Fair, San Francisco, CA 2017 Market Art + Design, Art Fair, Bridgehampton Museum, Bridgehampton, NY 2016 George Billis Gallery Southampton, Southampton, NY 2016 Ruhlen – Owen Contemporary, Flowers & Fields, 2 person show, Santa Fe, NM 2016 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA 2015 SFMOMA Artists Gallery, 3 person show, San Francisco, CA 2015 Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Conversations on Abstraction, 3 person show, Santa Fe, NM 2015 Art Market San Francisco, Art Fair, San Francisco, CA 2014 The Studio Shop, Contemporary Organic, 3 person show, Burlingame, CA 2014 Art Market San Francisco, Art Fair, San Francisco, CA 2014 Art Essex Gallery, Essex, CT 2014 New Year Group Show, Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2013 Red Dot Miami Art Fair, Miami FL 2013 Houston Fine Art Fair, Houston, TX 2013 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA 2012 The Studio Shop, New Paintings, Burlingame, CA 2012 San Francisco Fine Art Fair, San Francisco, CA 2011 ARTFeast Annual Event, Tour of the Homes, Santa Fe, NM 2011 Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Eighteenth Annual Red Show, Santa Fe, NM 2011 San Francisco Fine Art Fair, San Francisco, CA 2010 William Havu Gallery, Abstracts - A Group Exhibition, Denver, CO 2010 Los Angeles Art Show, Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA 2010 Aqua Art Miami, FL, Art Fair, Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts 2009 Bonhams & Butterfields, Made in California, Los Angeles, CA 2009 Los Angeles Art Show, Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA 2009 Red Dot Miami Art Fair, Miami, FL 2009 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY 2008 Red Dot Miami Art Fair, Miami, FL 2007 Red Dot Miami Art Fair, Miami, FL 2007 Affordable Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York 2007 Karan Ruhlen Gallery, The Big Show, Santa Fe, NM 2006 Affordable Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York 2006 ARTScottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ 2006 Eleonore Austerer Gallery, Palm Desert, CA 2005 Emerging Artist ’05, Scottsdale, AZ 2004 Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM 2004 Hearts in San Francisco, Public Art Commission, San Francisco, CA
2004 2004 2004 2004 2003 2002 2002 2001 2001 2001 2000 1998 1997 1996 1996 1995 1993 1993 1991 1991 1991 1990 1990 1989 1988 1988 1986 1984 1981 1979 1977 1976
Smith Andersen Editions, New Monotypes, Palo Alto, CA George Billis Gallery, Fresh Assortment, New York, NY SFMOMA, Modern Art Council Auction, San Francisco, CA AAF Contemporary Art Fair, Pier 92, New York, NY Wayne Art Center, Quita Broadhead Tribute Exhibition, Wayne, PA Austerer–Crider Gallery, Flower Power, Palm Springs, CA Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Fresh Paint, Santa Fe, NM Austerer - Crider Gallery, Gallery Artists, Palm Springs, CA Branford Campbell Gallery, SF et al., San Francisco, CA Branford Campbell Gallery, Earth and Sky, San Francisco, CA Branford Campbell Gallery, Monotypes, San Francisco, CA California Palace of the Legion of Honor Museum, Miniature Chair Show, San Francisco, CA John Pence Gallery, Figures and Interiors, San Francisco, CA Tucson Museum of Art, William A. Small Collection, Exhibition and Catalog, Tucson, AZ Marie Park Gallery, Paintings and Works on Paper, Dallas, TX McKesson Plaza Building, San Francisco, CA San Diego Museum of Art, Artist Guild All-California Juried Exhibition, San Diego, CA San Mateo Arts Council, Bay Arts 1993, Belmont, CA Carolyn Hill Gallery, New York, NY Berkeley Art Center, 7th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley, CA Marie Park Gallery, Silk/Paper/Paint, Dallas, TX Rococo Gallery, A Stanford Perspective, San Francisco, CA SOMAR Gallery, Artists Equity Annual Exhibition, San Francisco, CA Butterfield & Butterfield, Art Against AIDS, Sale Exhibition, San Francisco, CA Wade Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Foster/White Gallery,Seattle, WA Rancho Santiago College, New California Painting; Dealer’s Choice, Santa Ana, CA SOMA Cultural Center, Gallery Space, Romantic Abstraction, San Francisco, CA San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, WA Silver Image Gallery, Tacoma, WA
REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS 2019 Santa Fean Magazine, Sarah Eddy, 2019 Must-Know Artists, June/July 2019 2019 Bar Bulletin, Official Publication of the State Bar of New Mexico, Cover image, October 2019 2018 Santa Fe New Mexican - Pasatiempo, Exhibitionism – A Spontaneous Approach, Owen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM 2018 Palm Springs Life Magazine, Social Scene, Filsinger Gallery presents Artist Daniel Phill 2013 Professional Artist Magazine, Brenda Hope Zappitell, Different Views on Creating Commissions, October/November 2013 Atomic Ranch Magazine, Cover image, Fall issue 2013 Santa Fean Magazine, Show Time, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Summer issue 2013 Wall Street International, Daniel Phill: Solo Show, Sandra Lee Gallery, June 17 2012 House Beautiful Magazine, Interior design by Christina Murphy, May 2012 2012 Albuquerque Journal, Kate McGraw, review, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, solo exhibition, Santa Fe, NM, April 2 2009 Studio Visit, Volume 8, A Juried Selection of International Visual Artists, 2009 2008 ARTnews, Hollis Walker, review, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, solo exhibition, Santa Fe, NM, Summer 2008 2006 California Home+Design Magazine, November 2006 2006 The Reporter, Zane Fisher, Gallery Preview, Santa Fe, NM, February 7, 2006 2006 Creative Loafing Magazine, Petal to the Mettle, Modern Eye Gallery, solo exhibition review, January 2006
2005 ARTnews, Dottie Indyke, review, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, solo exhibition, Santa Fe, NM, October 2005 2005 FOCUS, Emily Van Cleve, Nature and the Magnificent Landscape Inspire Artists at the Karan Ruhlen Gallery, June 2005 2005 The New York Sun, Art Calendar, Paintings by Daniel Phill, New York, NY, June 9, 2005 2005 The New Yorker, Kathryn Jones, State of the Arts, New York, NY, April 11, 2005 2005 Santa Fean Magazine, Artists & Exhibitions, Santa Fe, NM, 2005 2004 Hearts in San Francisco, Public Art Commission Catalog, 2004 2004 Los Angeles Times, Calendar Weekend, Florals Blossom, December 30, 2004 2003 Art in America, Bill Scott, Daniel Phill at George Billis, review, September 2003 2003 Santa Fe New Mexican, Paul Weideman, Flower Power, review, April 18, 2003 2002 Desert Sun, Jean McKig, Visual Arts–review, August 11, 2002 2000 Art & Antiques Magazine, Gallery Watch, Atlanta, GA, October 2000 1999 Nob Hill Gazette, Cover Art, San Francisco, CA, June 1999 1998-1999 Who’s Who in the West - 1998 – 1999, 26th Edition 1998 Antiques and the Arts Weekly, Newton, CT, March 13, 1998 1998 San Francisco Art Institute Magazine, San Francisco, CA, Summer 1998 1998 International Economy Magazine, Washington, DC, July-August 1998 1996-1997 Who’s Who in the West - 1996 – 1997, 25th Edition 1993 Arts Monthly, San Francisco, CA, October 1993 1991 Art Talk, Scottsdale, AZ, March 1991 1989 California Art Review, Les Krants, 1989 1984 Artweek, Andrea Liss, Lyrical Abstractions, March 24, 1984 1983 Peninsula Times Tribune, David Winter, Palo Alto, CA, May 29, 1983 SELECTED CORPORATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Akili Software Systems, Dallas, TX ALLTEL Corporation, Little Rock, AR American Cometra Inc., Fort Worth, TX Ameritrust, Houston, TX AMRESCO, Dallas, TX Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Attorneys, San Francisco, CA Casa de los Ninos, Tucson, AZ Citigroup Private Bank, Beverly Hills, Palo Alto, San Francisco, CA Citicorp, San Francisco, CA Clear Channel Communications Inc., New York, NY Cottonwood Property Management, Dallas, TX Cutanix Corporation, Los Altos, CA DDB Needham, Advertising, Dallas, TX Ernst & Young, Dallas, TX First National Bank of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM First USA Bank, Dallas, TX GTE, Dallas, TX Healthpoint Ltd., Fort Worth, TX Hollins University Art Collection, Roanoke, VA Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers, San Francisco, CA Kimberly Clark Inc., Dallas, TX Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Attorneys, San Francisco, CA KMS Financial Services Inc., Seattle, WA Koret Foundation, San Francisco, CA Morgan Stanley, Los Angeles, CA Nordstrom, Seattle, WA, and several other Nordstrom locations Pacific Place, Dallas, TX Penn Davis McFarland, Inc., Investment Advisors, Dallas, TX
Pfizer Inc., New York, NY Sabre Holdings, Southlake, TX Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Sobrato Pavilion, San Jose, CA SAP America Inc., Foster City, CA Sapphire Properties, Dallas, TX Sharper Image, Corporate Headquarters, San Francisco, CA Societe General Bank, Atlanta, GA Southwestern Bell Wireless, Dallas, TX Sprint, Overland Park, KS Stanford University, Stanford, CA Steve Waddill & Co., Design, Dallas, TX Sterling Software, Dallas, TX Sutter Health Corporate Offices, Emeryville, CA Texas A&M University Library, Killeen, TX Tilden Hotel, San Francisco, CA Towers Perrin Management Company, Dallas, TX Tolleson Wealth Management, Dallas, TX Transwestern Properties, Dallas, TX UC San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX University of West Florida Collection, Pensacola, FL U. S. Department of State, Washington, DC Yuma Art Center, Yuma, AZ MUSEUM COLLECTIONS Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Art, California Palace of the Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco, CA De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
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