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"

John Phillips is Selling His Egyptian Abode

New Life - John is selling his house in Egypt: He has finished with his "lives" in Egypt and is now pursuing another "life" in China.

Artist's Villa for Sale / Rent in Luxor, Egypt
http://www.artistvilla.net/

The villa is on the western bank of Luxor beautifully located directly across the Nile from Luxor Temple&Winter Palace Hotel ( 5 minute ride by motorboat )& 3 minute walk to the villa , and 20 min taxi ride to all the important monuments on West bank ( Villa of Kings , etc).

He plans to visit China next fall

Olpalka Works

Note from Egypt to Albany.
Brady of Broadway: Searching for Celebrity at Opalka will exhibit both oils and watercolors, including the dynamic composition for 5-panels, Photography as Performance.

Olpalka gallery in Albany, June 4-July 30, 2010


More about Brady of Broadway: http://ransomingbrady.blogspot.com/2010/03/brady-of-broadway.html

John Ransom Phillips moderates: Erick Hawkins Aesthetics

Join John Ransom Phillips as he discusses the Hawkins aesthetic with dance critic, Anna Kisselgoff; Hawkins mask designer and visual artist, Ralph Lee; lighting designer, Chenault Spence; and conductor, Joel Thome.

Poet, philosopher and modern dance pioneer Erick Hawkins developed an integrated life-art philosophy far ahead of his time.

Date & Time: Sat, Jan 9, 2010, 2:30pm-4:00pm
Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
For More Information: 92nd Street Y