Philip Slagter

First, my apologies to the few who have followed me and to the general public for my lack of attention to this website and art. Two and a half years ago my beautiful 17 year old daughter passed in an auto accident. The effect on myself was devastating. I felt as if I too had died but was left here in this plane of existence. I have been unable to paint for the past 2 years. Everything I knew and had been was knocked out of me by the shock of the loss of the most important person in my life. Recently I feel I have been emerging from a dream, a dream I now recognize was not a dream at all but in fact what we all term "reality".
I recently have been able to paint again. The painting I was working on when she passed has sat untouched for more than 2 years. Finally after recognizing my situation I have begun to paint again. Painting was always my way of healing and see that it will be that again. The first painting I have finished is downloaded here (DAARPA Hummingbird Drones). It is a very "tight" painting and was quite a struggle to accomplish. I kept feeling I must remember all I had known previously about painting. I kept thinking it was all still inside me. That was not the case. Everything I had know was gone, memory, feelings of...

Education: 1964-1969 Bachelor of Science Degree, Indiana State University.SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2008 AllAround Art Gallery, Missoula, MT. Don Rand Gallery, Hamilton, MT. 1988 World Contemporary Art Exhibition, Los Angeles Convention Center.1996 Boathouse Gallery, Boathouse Inn, Phuket, Thailand; Lands End Gallery, Koh Samui, Thailand. Ban Taling Nam, Oriental Mandarin Hotel, Koh Samui, Thailand. Imperial Tongsai Hotel, Koh Samui , Thailand. 1995 Lands End Gallery, Koh Samui, Thailand. 1994 Fifteen Year Survey, Pasadena Community College, Phil Cornelius curator.1991 The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA.1989 The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA. 1988 Deerborne Gallery, Stuart, Fla. 1986 Roy Boyd Gallery, Los Angeles , CA. 1984 The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA. 1982 Brannigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, NM. Susan Brown Gallery, Scottsdale, Az. 1979 New York Playwrights Alliance, NYC..GROUP EXHIBITIONS2005Don Rand Gallery, Hamilton, MT. All ...