I do not choose the subjects that I paint they choose me I just happen upon them in my minds endless wandering for inspiration and they appear when I least expect them.
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I paint in oils and watercolor I am drawn to the native landscapes in NJ, Maine and Pennsylvania. The love of still life has always intrigued me after seeing my first Cezanne which spurred my love of the genre.
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Philip J. Carroll
About the Artist
Philip J. Carroll is a professional artist and is the former Curator of Exhibitions for the Perkins Center for the Arts in Moorestown and Collingswood, New Jersey 2005 - 2020. He grew up in Haddonfield, NJ and lives with his family in Collingswood where he has been a long term resident. He teaches water color for Perkins Center for the Arts in Moorestown, NJ and formerly for Mainline Art Center in Haverford, PA. . Mr. Carroll is a 1984 graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts in Philadelphia, PA and studied Art History at The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Where he won an Honorable mention to the Cresson 1983 and a Schiedt Traveling Scholarship 1984.
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His most recent on person exhibitions include Gallery222 Malvern Pa, 2023, The Pennswood Art Gallery, Newtown , Pa., Perkins Center for the Arts 2021, A One Person Exhibition at The Noyes Museum, NJ 2021 ,and invitati the Monmouth Museum, Monmouth, NJ 2007;
He has had one person exhibitions of paintings at:
Gallery222, Malvern Pa. April 2023
The Pennswood Art Gallery, Newtown, Pa. May-July 2023
The Noyes Museum of Art, NJ 2021
Perkins Center for The Arts , NJ 2021
Warm Springs Gallery | Warm Springs, VA (2011)
Des Champs Gallery | Lambertville, NJ (2009)
Monmouth Museum | Lincroft, NJ (2007)
Recent group exhibitions include:
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Ellarselie Open at Trenton City Museum | Trenton, NJ 2023,2022,2018, 2010,
Artists House Gallery | Philadelphia, PA (2007, 2009, 2010, 2012)
Main Line Art Center | Haverford, PA (2007, 2008, 2009)
Deschamps Gallery | Lambertville, PA (2007-2010)
ADM Gallery | Philadelphia, PA (2005)
He is in many public and private collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA.