"I left Newport Art College in 1977 with a degree in Fine Art. I've painted ever since, though sometimes the jobs I've taken to pay the bills have 'taken over' for a time (I spent 12 years in animation - winning a BAFTA and an EMMY as part of the Siriol Animation Team). I also taught drawing to young offenders and worked for seven years as a full-time youth worker on some of Cardiff's peripheral housing estates. In 2002 I stopped work to paint full time."

"I start with movement, light and colour. I like the juxtaposition of man-made colours and patterns seen at the racecourse against natural backgrounds. My racing pictures are not concerned with recording races as 'historical events'. I am equally interested in townscapes, particularly seaside resorts or industrial sites/estates - anywhere where human activity comes up against nature. Again I like to contrast the artificial patterns of the architecture with natural forms. These, apparently separate, areas of work are not so far apart if one looks at the small oil 'Urban Racecourse'. My mother was a farmer and my father was a railwayman - maybe that accounts for it."

Philip has had several solo exhibitions including "Focal 2004" in Ruthin and "You are here" at the Washington Gallery in Penarth and was selected to exhibit at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in Meifod (2003). He has also contributed to group exhibitions in London, Cardiff and Suffolk. Philip has also contributed paintings to be auctioned for causes as diverse as the "Save Tower Colliery" appeal and the Countryside Alliance.