 Bill Philpott |
An award winning Saskatchewan artist, Bill Philpott graduated from Medicine Hat College, Medicine Hat Alberta with a diploma in VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS. He also holds a Certificate in FUNDAMENTALS OF ART from Art Instruction Schools Minneapolis Mn.
Bill lives in the Living Skies province, Saskatchewan, and his art is about Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan Life.
Quite suitably the skies of Saskatchewan are significant to Bill's work. Home is Central Butte Saskatchewan and largely his subjects exist nearby. Bill received wise council as a young artist when he received the following advice "To avoid pretentiousness, paint what you know." So Bill continues to paint his home on the prairies.
Bill's family were renowned in the breeding world of purebred shorthorn cattle and purebred charolais cattle world wide. His parents Edgar and Lily Philpott subsequently filled Bill 's younger life with much travel around western Canada and many tours through the United States of America.
Most often a trip included tours of art galleries and museums. A deep understanding and respect for history and culture matured in Bill's heart, a love of the land and much emotion in what he paints.
It is amazing how it all comes to life in his art!
Artist's Statement
Bill Philpott, specializing in Saskatchewan Art, Prairie Art. I live in an almost undiscovered area of the province concerning the art world. Tourism is just breaking the news on us!
I live just twenty minutes from Lake Deifenbaker as well as twenty minutes from the sourse of the Qu'appelle river valley and the Thunder Creek valley, all significant in Canadian history.
The area is prime with beauty and interesting characters. I try to capture for posterity the rich patterns in the landscape,the poetry in paint! Uniquely the plains of Saskatchewan and of course now we dance in The Land of the Living Skies! My fancy loves to take a little snippet from our home that has just been passed by, that no one has bothered to see and draw out its beauty.
We here live in a tension between the multi-million dollar mechanized agriculture industry and the relics of the old west! My work is awe inspired of the land I love and would make a truly original gift. Paintings and Ink Drawings for sale that Bill Philpott brings to life. Even Bill Philpott's religious art has a uniquely Saskatchewan twist. Personally Saskatchewan art always lifts my Spirit!
Awards
1984-1987 Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils
Provincial level Champion Annual Juried Art Competition
Including subsequent sixteen venue two year two man provincial tour featuring eleven paintings by Bill Philpott
1985-1986 Canada's Largest Collection of Antique Musical Instruments THE COOL COLLECTION Musical Instrument Museum owner Gerard Cool Davidson Sk
Painted two seventy foot long murals both sides of custom display trailer pulled by semi tractor and displayed along Cocahaula highway at Kamloops BC for the duration of Expo 86 The World's Fair in Vancover BC
See THE WESTERN PRODUCER NEWSPAPER insert Western People June 26,1986 see also May 24 1984
1980-81 Monthly cartoon SASKATCHEWAN STOCKGROWER MAGAZINE
Chosen to hang in several other Juried art shows
Two one man exhibitions at the Morse ART GALLERY and MUSEUM Morse Saskatchewan
A one man exhibition at THE MOOSE JAW CULTURAL CENTRE CONEXUS ARTS CENTRE mainstreet Moose Jaw SK
ART ISTRUCTION SCHOOLS: School Alumni and International Art Competition
Second Prize winning painting "THE ENDANGERED PIPING PLOVER" also printed in the ILLUSTRATOR" Magazine. ART INSTRUCTION SCHOOLS, Minneapolis MN
TOURIST DESTINATIONS: Elbow Harbour Yaght Sailing, Harbour golf course Elbow SK. Douglas park great fishing! Paliser park Riverhurst SK Riverbreaks golf course Riverhurst SK breathtaking sunsets. Camping, boating and marina swimming pool,fine dining and fishing. ART GALLERIES, MUSEUMS and the TUGASKE STUDIO TRAIL artist's studio tours Tugaske Regional Art Association local professional and amateur artists group, Chaplin Shorebird Nature reserve Chaplin SK. Migratory Shorebirds some endangered species (piping plovers) Central Butte rodeo Elbow rodeo Houseboat tours
Bill Philpott can be contacted through his email: philpottart@yahoo.ca
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Bill Philpott Saskatchewan Artist
(306) 796-4975
E-mail: philpottart@yahoo.ca Website: http://www.philpottart.com
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