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Phyllis Swanson is a native Californian who
currently resides in Oceanside, CA with her husband and young son.
As a biology major in college Phyllis found that her keen
observational abilities led her toward research activities at the
Hubbs Institute in San Diego. After receiving her bachelors degree
in biology Phyllis pursued further course work in the area of
scientific illustration. Over the past twenty years Phyllis has
studied with such prominent artists as Lola Juris, Jean Shen and
Frances James.
Phyllis
is presently working with Studio
2 Design Group of Carlsbad, California. She has participated
in many of the studios' public performance art pieces including
the prestigious I'Madonnari Italian Art Festival in Santa Barbara,
California where her image, The Clock Watchers, was selected for
an 8' X 12' reproduction in pastels. Phyllis and Ron Juncal were
commissioned by the Port of San Diego for a 15' X 17' street
painting mural for the 1998 Paint The Bay. In 1999 Phyllis and Ron
were commissioned by The Newhall Land and Farming Company for a
13' X 16' street painting for the Bella Via festival in the town
of Valencia.
After a successful run as a watercolorist Phyllis has recently
begun to focus on large sized acrylic pieces. This medium has
allowed her to further explore her talent for color while enabling
her to assemble compositions that aim to surprise, amuse, or evoke
a memory.
Phyllis'
various credits include the El Cajon Art Association Award at the
San Diego Watercolor Society Lyceum Gallery Show, three time award
winner at the Southern California Exposition at Del Mar, inclusion
in the San Diego Art Institute Midsummer Award Show and Midwinter
Award Show, three time award winner in the Carlsbad Oceanside Art
League Annual Juried Show and inclusion of two of her works in the
International Society of Interior Designers Design House in La
Jolla, California. Phyllis' work has been included in several
galleries including the Brushworks Gallery in the Gaslamp
District, San Diego,
CA , the Old Town Art Gallery in Yuma, AZ, and the Kruglak Gallery
in Oceanside, CA.
"If
my art can cause the viewer to stop and think or to wonder or to
smile then my art has been successful""..
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