Audrey Phillips
Select Press
- AARP Magazine, Inner Genius (video)
- AARP Magazine (article)
- Orlando Home & Leisure 2008, "A Growing Abstraction"
- Central Florida Lifestyle, "Safe Spaces"
- Orlando Arts Magazine, "The Art of Giving"
Solo Exhibitions at Arts on Douglas:
- OPEN, November 2016
- Finding The Light, April 2011
ARTIST STATEMENT
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
—Lyrics by Paul McCartney
Living in the South in the 1950’s was a time of palpable and stark contrasts. From Mississippi’s traveling electric chair and highest lynching rate in the nation to the white, pristine beaches of the Florida panhandle, this is where my formative years as a person and an artist begin.
This dichotomy of darkness and light followed my life path as I grew into a young adult. My painting process began at a memorable and poignant moment when I started painting the grief from my mother’s murder.
It’s taken years to heal. I now see the transformation within myself and in my work. Devotion to my painting practice continues to teach me to stay open and remain strong in the midst of challenge and to trust the healing process of art making.
Today I know that art truly is transformative. Art can alter and heal a broken human being. Art is not only tangible, although we often think of it as a thing: a painting, a sculpture, a book or film. Art is a consciousness that goes beyond the visible and tangible. Through my work, I share these moments of universal expression and conscious connectedness with the intention of knowing that if art can heal me, then quite possibly, art can heal us all.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Audrey Phillips has spent most of her life in Florida where the landscape captivated the artist from a formative age. Observing the expansive sky and the far-reaching vistas of the ocean augmented her ability to see in the abstract and also encouraged personal reflection, making her strongly attuned to the beautiful intelligence and power of nature.
Audrey received her Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of Florida. She has exhibited in solo and group shows in Minnesota, New York, Michigan, California, Texas, New Mexico, Georgia, North Carolina, and Florida, where she currently lives. Her work is in numerous United States and international corporate and private collections.
SOLO EXHIBITS
2017 Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2016 Arts on Douglas Fine Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2015 Florida School of the Arts, Palatka, FL
2014 Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Baisden Gallery, Tampa, FL
2011 Arts on Douglas Fine Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2009 Baisden Gallery, Tampa, FL
