Studio Journal
The Studio Journal documents the evolution of my work as an artist.
Sometimes a painting begins with a simple observation: a flower blooming in winter, fallen fruit glowing against dark grass, fog rolling across the land. These entries follow the ideas that grow from those moments and the paintings that emerge from them.
When Paint Wasn't Enough | The Origins of My Word Portraits
People often ask where my word portraits came from. I wish there were one answer. There isn't. They grew out of years of experiments until one watercolor portrait showed me that paint could capture a face, but words could capture a history.
Creating Order from Chaos | The First Question That Led to My Word Portraits
Sometimes the most important discoveries don’t happen because inspiration strikes. They happen because you keep working long enough to ask a better question. This is the story of the sketchbook page that changed everything.
Why We Endure: Painting the Many Forms of Love
After exploring endurance in his fog paintings, artist Phil Vance begins a series exploring the many forms of love and how connection shapes our lives.
What the Fog Taught Me About Failure and Endurance
While painting fallen oranges and reflecting on life cycles, the fog rolling across the hills sparked new questions about failure, endurance, and the creative process.