A resident of Hartsdale, NY, Phyllis is a member of the Portrait Society of America and the American Society of Portrait Artists, the Mamaroneck Artists Guild, New Rochelle Art Assn., and several other local art associations. She exhibits her work at Images Gallery in Briarcliff Manor, NY, The Flatiron Gallery in Peekskill, NY and the Framing Gallery in Hawthorne, NY, and has had solo shows at The Manor Club in Pelham, NY, and at Westfield Court in Stamford, CT. Her work has appeared in numerous juried exhibitions, including those of the prestigious Salmagundi Club in New York City and the Hudson Valley Art Association, winning many awards through the years.

Phyllis's training includes numerous classes in which she painted and drew from the live model as well as taking workshops with renowned portrait painters Daniel Greene and Michael Del Priore. She also studied at the Reilly League of Artists in White Plains, NY, and she holds a Master of Arts Degree in Art Therapy / Art Education from the College of New Rochelle.

During her earlier years as an illustrator, Phyllis's work appeared in Reader's Digest and other magazines as well as on young adult book covers, in textbooks, and in advertising and promotional literature for such companies as Chesebrough Pond, Gillette, Lederle Labs and Dixie Lily.

Methods and Mediums

Phyllis offers a choice of oil or watercolor for her color portraits. Watercolor portraits are executed with a series of controlled washes, which enable the artist to create luminous skin tones and exacting detail. Oil colors offer strength and richness of color and great opacity. Each medium offers its own unique qualities and beauty.

Black and white portraits of people and animals are rendered with graphite pencils, and when creating house portraits, Phyllis works in pen & ink or watercolor.