Phil Hale

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awards = Third BP Portrait Award 2000, Joint Second BP Portrait Award 2001

Philip Oliver Hale, born in 1963, [ [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/prelbp01.asp National Portrait Gallery | Press releases | BP Portrait Award 2001 ] ] is an American Figurative painter who currently resides in London, England.

Prior to turning to fine arts he worked as an illustrator, doing mostly figurative work. He was apprenticed to/ partnered with American painter Rick Berry.

His current work focuses on figure as well, in depictions of slightly surreal scenes with strange characters performing various physical feats, usually in a confrontation of some sort. He seems to take keen interest in tension and emphasis of angular and dynamic aspects of the figure, almost always incorporating slight anatomical distortions to great effect.

A portrait of former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair by the artist was unveiled in Westminster on April 23, 2008. Mr Blair sat for the portrait during his final months in office in 2007. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Portrait of Blair as PM unveiled |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7363847.stm|work= |publisher= BBC News Online |date=2008-04-24 |accessdate=2008-05-12 ]

Published works

Major works

*"Double Memory: Art and Collaboration" by Rick Berry and Phil Hale
*"A Monster at Christmas" by Phil Hale and Thom Canty

*"Goad: The Many Moods of Phil Hale" by Phil Hale
*"Mockingbirds/ Relaxeder" by Phil Hale
*"Sparrow: Phil Hale" by Phil Hale
*"The Drawing of the Three" by Stephen King, interior illustrations by Phil Hale

Audio

*"Golden Phone Plays Mockingbirds" by Golden Phone (a band in which Phil Hale and Jon Wygens play)

Book covers

*"Arbitrary Crude" by Enders Buzcienski
*"By the Time I got to Phoenix" by Paolo Belhassaine
*"Candyass, 2 a.m." by Willem Barough
*"Conspicuity" by Sanford Pel
*"Farther the Shoals, Darker than This" by Duane Michael Edley
*"Fondle" by Sanford Pel
*"Goya" by B. Grutbauer
*"Hero is Angry" by Y.Carlos Cantor
*"Hong on the Range" by William F Wu
*"I am Drugs" by Jayne Reeser
*"Insomnia" by Stephen King"
*"Lungs, Lips and Liver" by Rena Davrin
*"Makes Me Want to Cry" by Bob Mertz
*"Mofo" by Hooglander Ivanov
*"New Black Car" by James Higgins "(as yet unpaid)"
*"Relaxeder" by Carsten Glock
*"Shrivel and Deplete" by B. Grutbauer
*"Tendresse" by Gene Scott Tzerati
*"The Male and Female Uro-genital systems: Collected Essays 1992-97" by Rafael Onlhy
*"The Male and Female Uro-genital systems: Collected Essays 1997-99" by Rafael Onlhy
*"The Pornographic Diagram is Incorrect" by Rena Davrin

He was commissioned by Penguin Classics to paint new covers for new editions of six Joseph Conrad books, published in 2007: "Typhoon and Other Stories", "Lord Jim", "Under Western Eyes", "The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' and Other Stories", "Nostromo" and "The Secret Agent".

Magazines

Covers
*"Epic" December 1985Interiors
*Playboy (July 98)
*Playboy (Sep 98)
*Playboy (Feb 05)
*Imbroglio Magazine (June 05)

Other published work

*Poster for "Spectrum 13: Call for Entries"
*Featured in certain issues of "Spectrum" annual

External links

* [http://www.allenspiegelfinearts.com/information.html Allen Spiegel Fine Arts]
* [https://secure.grantbooks.com Donald M. Grant Publisher, Inc]
* [http://www.mockingbirdsrelaxeder.com mockingbirds/ relaxeder homepage]
* [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/prelbp01.asp National Portrait Gallery]
* [http://www.mockingbirdsrelaxeder.com/]

References