New Work. New Blog.

One third of our lives 
are spent sleeping—

and dreams are laced 
through all our nights.

John Ransom Phillips, through the persona of civil war photographer Mathew Brady, invades the dreams of Illustrious Americans and brings along acquaintances such as Andy Warhol and Dick Cheney to pique, amuse, and disturb his readers. http://americandreambook.net

New Work. New Blog.

One third of our lives 
are spent sleeping—

and dreams are laced 
through all our nights.

John Ransom Phillips, through the persona of civil war photographer Mathew Brady, invades the dreams of Illustrious Americans and brings along acquaintances such as Andy Warhol and Dick Cheney to pique, amuse, and disturb his readers. http://americandreambook.net

An Artist's Migration

John Phillip's Former Studio
This was Johns studio Warren Street before his planned move uptown. He sold this space and needed somewhere to paint.



John is now painting in his former cramped kitchen space while waiting for his uptown studio to be finished.








By the end of the year this renovation to his new space will be finished and John will move in and grandly paint again. Notice the incredible skylights,

Parts and Smoke at Chickamauga
2007 oil on canvas 20 x 30



From August 8 to through August 15 2010 you can vote for this painting at the Saatchi Showdown.
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/showdown/index.php?showpic=280336

Watercolor Donation to Albany Institute

Matthew Feldman Esq. of Lewiston NYhas donated a John Ransom Phillips watercolor from his family collection to the Albany Institute titled
"I arrived late at the battlefield: the unpleasantness was gone no death, but reflection and quiet. It is the look of the landscape where history was made. You are seeing what I am seeing. I preceded you. "

Exhibition Opening Photos June 19th

Exhibition Opening Photos June 19th Ransoming Mathew Brady:
Re-Imagining the Civil War Albany Institute of Art


Photos: Steve Ricci













This exhibition, at Albany Institute of Art, includes over 25 works inspired by Mathew Brady and his Civil War photography.







































































Ransoming Mathew Brady will run through October 3, 2010

Albany Institute of History & Art
125 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12210
Tel: 518.463.4478
E-mail: information@albanyinstitute.org

Friday Opening at the Opalka Gallery

Mathew Brady As He Would Like To Be Remembered (detail)
2006 oil on canvas 50x40"