Welsh-born artist Phillip Jacobs studied Fine Art at Wolverhampton University . He went on to gain a Masters degree in Multimedia from Swansea Institute, where he worked on a number of experimental new-media projects. He lecturers at Swansea College and has recently completed a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education.
Phillip has become renowned for producing vibrant paintings of Welsh landscapes and seascapes, and many of his works are clearly inspired by the backdrop of Swansea and its surrounding area. He mainly uses oil paint to create bold, expressive canvases, rich in colour and texture. These range from the abstract to the semi-representational. His work builds on an intensely personal relationship between the art and the geographical area.
“I try to depict a real place with a poetic, private mythology of my own. A dream can influence me as much as a drawing, the underlying history and geology of a place can be as much of an inspiration as the visible terrain. In my studio I recall my journeys through the landscapes, generating my own narrative along the way, expressing my own interpretation. I like to think of my work existing somewhere between actuality and imagining, between memory and fantasy.”