Life Size Charcoal Drawings by Joel Daniel Phillips
Joel Daniel Phillips is a professional artist schooled in New York and California. His work is detailed, thoughtful, and full of humanity.
My work focuses primarily on portraiture at a monumental scale. I am fascinated by the intricacies and commonalities that we share as humans, and search for moments when our projected senses of self are transparent, allowing deeper, more truthful emotions to become visible. I pursue ways to peel back the protective veils that we all display to the outside world, striving to capture the unbidden spontaneity of experience. Central to this search is a focus on the significance of narrative in human existence. Our lives are not linear, with one instant leading solely into the next, but rather circular, with each experience formed and defined by others. A portrait functions in the same manner, teasing out emotions and truths that inform not only the particular instant captured, but more importantly the story leading up to it.
Artist currently based in San Francisco, California. Follow him on Instagram.
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