Neil Phillips

As early as I can remember I have always enjoyed drawing and creating art. In 1984 I found Lincolnshire a very beautiful and picturesque place it had many landscapes which helped inspire me to draw and sketch the countryside which started me on my artist journey.
In 1989 my family decided to move across England to Shropshire. At the William Brooke’s school which I attended the teachers encouraged me to pursue my artist talents.
Then I decided to study at the Shrewsbury College of arts and technology in 1996 and left in 1999 with a Btec National diploma in arts and technology and an A-level in Fine art with history. I found the art history module fascinating because of all the different painting styles and techniques throughout the ages. I took this new found knowledge and put it into my own work but was getting more into photography at the time because of my interests in skateboard and snowboard photography in magazines.
So I concentrated on being a professional photographer for about 3 years, which was going well until my camera bag stolen with a very expensive camera and all my 24+ films from my snowboarding travels around europe.This left me questioning a lot of things? Why did thids happen and what I am doing wrong in life?
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Art and Design Nation Diploma, Shrewsbury college of arts&tec 1997
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