William S. Phillips - I´ll Hold You In My Dreams - Hand Signed - Canvas Edition -image Size: 48"w X 24"h. Limited Edition Of: 75 - The American Homefront Series, An Episodic Look At Home During World War Ii, Comprises Some Of William S. Phillips’ Most Popular And Sought-after Works. Phillips Has Created A New Painting In The Series: "i’ll Hold You In My Dreams," Set On A Warm Winter Day Just After The Bombing Of Pearl Harbor In 1941. Our Young Army Air Force Lieutenant Stands Out From The Crowd As He Bids His Girl Goodbye. Locomotive 4443 Of The Noon Coast “daylight” Slowly Eases To A Stop At Santa Barbara Station. The Next Stop Is San Luis Obispo, 119 Miles Up The Line. With A Scheduled Ride Time Of Two Hours And Eighteen Minutes, A Passenger Might Have Time For Dinner In The Dining Car — If He Wanted To Spend At Least Ninety Cents On Dinner Or Splurge On The Fresh Mountain Trout At $1.50. In The Air Over The Station Are Two P-38 Fighter Aircraft On Their First Test Flight, A Mere Day After Rolling Off The Assembly Line In Burbank. Full Production Of Operational Aircraft Has Begun And Will Continue Around The Clock. Young Soldiers Departing For War After Pearl Harbor Faced The Unknown Road Ahead With Patriotic And Passionate Commitment And They Held Their Heads High As They Bid Their Loved Ones Farewell.……about The Artist - William S. Phillips “aviation Was My First Artistic Love,” Says William S. Phillips, “but My True, Enduring Love Remains My Christian Faith, Home And Family. So It Is My Pleasure To Combine All Of It In My Work. The Historical Aviation Subjects, I Research; The Contemporary And Nostalgic Subjects, I Live.” Phillips Grew Up Loving Art But Never Thought He Could Make It His Livelihood. At College He Majored In Criminology And He Had Been Accepted Into Law School When Four Of His Paintings Were Sold At An Airport Restaurant. That Was All The Incentive He Needed To Begin His Work As A Fine Art Painter. Bill Phillips Is Now The Aviation Artist Of Choice For Many American Heroes And The Nostalgic Landscape Artist Of Choice For Many Collectors. Bill’s Strengths As A Landscape Painter Are What Gave Him An Edge In The Aviation Field: Respect And Reverence For A Time And Place. When One Sees His Aviation Pieces, Thoughts Are About The Courageous Individuals Who Risked Their Lives For Our Freedom. In Bill’s Nostalgic Works, The Viewer Understands Fully What That Freedom Is . . . The Precious Values That Make Life Worth Living. After One Of His Paintings Was Presented To King Hussein Of Jordan, Phillips Was Commissioned By The Royal Jordanian Air Force. He Developed Sixteen Major Paintings, Many Of Which Now Hang In The Royal Jordanian Air Force Museum In Amman. The Smithsonian Institution’s National Air And Space Museum Presented A One-man Show Of Phillips’ Work In 1986; He Is One Of Only A Few Artists To Have Been So Honored. In 1988, Phillips Was Chosen To Be A U.s. Navy Combat Artist. For His Outstanding Work, The Artist Was Awarded The Navy’s Meritorious Public Service Award And The Air Force Sergeants Association’s Americanism Medal. In 1991, Three Of Phillips’ Works Were Chosen As Part Of The Top 100 In “art For The Parks,” The Prestigious Annual Fund-raiser For The National Park Service, And One Painting Received The “art History Award” From The National Park Foundation.

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