"Sudbury River" Painting

Philip Valende grew up on the North Shore of Massachusetts loving nature and was creatively driven from the day he was born. By the time he was twenty-one he had moved to Chicago where he became an award winning Art Director, directing shoots for the Johnson Wax Company and Dow Chemical Corporation. Philip was 28 when he was recruited by Ogilvy & Mather to move to New York City and direct shoots for MTV, ESPN and American Express. It was there he earned a reputation for outstanding use of vibrant color, light and ability to compose complex scenes. Realizing his work would be ideal for the fashion and music industries, Philip struck out on his own as a Fashion Photographer. His first big break came shortly thereafter when Runway Magazine asked him to shoot a 10 page fashion editorial. Within 3 years he became an internationally published fashion photographer, his work has appeared in magazines such as Hollywood, Issue One UK, Elle, Future Claw, Vanity Fair and numerous others as well as private collections around the world. Conceptually driven, he specialized in telling stories by seamlessly blending aesthetic concepts, composition and style into visually stunning fashion, portraits, beauty and editorial images.

Now retired, Philip has turned his passions into creating fine art. He doesn't allow himself to be shackled to a particular style or medium, but instead prefers to work through his minds eye. He has produced and directed films such as "The Nature of Horn Pond", created light sculptures and paints both traditional and abstract art.