Pip Phelps

My art is your art.
I love to share images that people can find their own relatable stories in. Maybe it’s a memory, or a story that you see forming in the work. I love how people see their own images when viewing a work.
So thank you for sharing your thoughts with me by looking! Please message me if you feel like sharing your memories or thoughts!
I'm a Western Australian born artist with a love for painting realist turquoise seascapes and tanned figures in nostalgic semi-abstract coastal settings . I have been drawing life like images since I was about 7….they were mainly trees, buildings and celebrities back then ;)
My figurative works show Australians engrossed in outdoor pursuits. I’d like to promote a shift back to being active, healthy and in a state of natural flow.
I’d like to counteract images of sedentary, material and tech based lifestyles.
I care about our native flora and fauna and worry a lot about what we are doing to it. I support environmental and animal protection where I can.
I have always had a love for the often perceived simplicity of the 1950s-70s. I long for simpler times and you may see some retro visuals such as midcentury architecture creep into my work.
You may also see some botanicals, still lifes a...

Bachelor of Sports Science
Bachelor of Podiatry

ARTIST CV PIP PHELPS (b.1978, WA) 2024
Land, Sea, Sky, Petite Collection
2024
Plein Air Down Under, MANPAC Gallery Mandurah WA
2024
Grammar Art Show , Toowoomba Grammar
2024
St Marys Old Girl Artist Exhibition, St Mary's New Art Centre Opening
2023
Spirit of the Landscape Invitational , Mandurah Performing Arts Centre
2023
Affordable Art Fair Sydney, Petite Collection
2023
Grammar Art Show, Toowoomba
2022
Swoon , Juniper Galleries
2022
Plein Air Down Under , Mandurah Performing Arts Centre
2022
The Art of Giving - Transplant Australia, Kidogo Fremantle
2022
General, Yallingup Galleries
2022
Holiday, Juniper Galleries
2022
Group Exhibition with Peter Ryan and Donald James Waters, Creative Edge Art Gallery Edgewater
2021
Joondalup Art Award, Joondalup
2021
Opening , The Toowoomba Gallery
2021
St Marks Annual Art Exhibition , St Marks Anglican School
2021
Group Exhibition, The Wellington Gallery
2020
Staircase Gallery Group Exhibition , National Hotel Fremantle
2019
Open Studio 23&30 Nov, Open Studio Heathridge
2019
Wanneroo Joondalup Art Society Biannual Exhibition , Sorrento SLSC
2019
St Marks Annual Art Exhibition , St Marks School Hillarys
2019
Claremont Art Awards and Exhibition , Claremont
2018
Churchlands Community Art Awar...