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[2009-10-25 01:52:42 +0000 UTC]
"Philip Holley"
(Australia)
# Statistics
Favourites: 26; Deviations: 38; Watchers: 18
Watching: 19; Pageviews: 3635; Comments Made: 80; Friends: 19
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Alphonse Mucha, Beryl Cook, Terry Isaac, Siriol Sherlock, Lars Jonsson, Robert Bateman, T. LambertFavorite movies: Oceans eleven
Favorite bands / musical artists: very varied
Favorite writers: William Horwood, J.K. Rowling
Favorite games: Pictionary, Consequences
Favorite gaming platform: Nintendo Wii
Tools of the Trade: Graphite, acrylic, pastel, coloured pencils
Other Interests: Art, Wildlife, movies, theatre, food and drink, entertaining
# About me
Tattooist inspired by natureNeutral Bay Artist Philip Holley was born in the sleepy English town of Chipping Sodbury at a time when Frank Sinatra sang of Strangers in the Night while his daughter Nancy preferred boots that were made for walking!! The middle of three children, Philip's early years were spent scrabbling around in the garden watching the wildlife that lived there.
This passion for flora and fauna continued to 'blossom' the older he became and drawing what he loved seemed to become second nature. At school Philip excelled at art, though did not pursue this as a formal qualification. Philip had no formal art training, but preferred to teach himself through reading, watching others or simple perseverance.
Not believing Art would be plausible career move Philip took up Gardening, ( his second passion) on a professional level deep in the Cotswold’s on a large private estate where he was still at one with the wildlife that surrounded him everyday which only served to inspire him further with his wildlife illustration.
Philip was constantly on the lookout for new methods or techniques to develop his artistic ability. This took a surprising twist and led him into tattooing. Again, Philip taught himself how to tattoo and soon earned a reputation locally for his unique style of 'tribal' tattoo's. He opened a successful tattoo studio and had customers travelling from all over the UK & France to sample his work.
Philip moved to Australia in July 2006 when his partner was relocated by his employer. The time seemed right for Philip to leave the tattoo business behind and focus on more conventional art forms. Philip illustrates what inspires him. Nature inspires Philip
Current Residence: Australia
Favourite genre of music: R&B
Favourite photographer: Mayumi Kataoka
Favourite style of art: Traditional/illustration
Operating System: Windows XP
MP3 player of choice: iPod
Wallpaper of choice: My own
Favourite cartoon character: Snow White, Cinderella
Personal Quote: If in doubt......just give it a go anyway!
# Comments
Comments: 26
Congratulations!!!
You have been randomly selected to be my Deviant of the Week!!!
Check out the bottom left side of my profile to see it! *phoenix-18
I look forward to seeing more of your work.
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Thanks for faving my kitty pic. Can't wait for your next piece to come out!
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HaHa I enjoy your work too. I will also enjoy watching your work!You know.. If I dug a tunnel straight through Earth we could meet. J.Michael
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Thanks for the fave on my Nimoy piece. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
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Hi there! Thanks so much for the watch, I was just going through your own beautiful gallery and realised you must be Australian, quick check back here confirmed that! Love your work, they're beautiful paintings
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A thousand times thanks you for the fav and the watch, you're so nice, pass a great day
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I don't remember if I already did this, but thanks for the watch. Can't wait to see what else you put out.
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Wow great gallery!
check out *undertheradar-club to get your art the attention it deserves!!!
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very nice gallery, i love it, check my works...i draw figures too
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You're welcome, I love Your work.
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Awwwwies thank you so much dear for the watch 
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Welcome to DA! You are incredibly talented! I absolutely love your drawings and paintings they are very inspirational! I am looking forward to seeing lots more work from you!
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Thank You CY, it's a pleasure to be here amongst other inspired Artists, You'll be seeing alot more of My work over the next months.
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You have amazing talent. I'd notice you used fixed graphite and pastel on most of your drawings -- was wondering what you mean by fixed? Is there any difference between fixed graphite and regular graphite?
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Hi and thank You for leaving such a wonderful comment, "fixed graphite" just means that I have used the medium and then applied a workable matt fixative to keep the graphite or pastel on the paper.
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Came across your beautiful man-art and had to see what else you had to offer. I'm really loving you work! Gorgeous. Welcome to dA. I'm new too and am having a great time - you will too, I'm sure.
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Thanks so much, I love drawing guys and painting nature, I'm very new to this......like today new lol!
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You're welcome. I've only been on two weeks and I've never interacted with so many artist in my life! It's wonderful. Wish I'd known about it earlier.
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