'Magical City" by Grace Phillips Watercolor on Paper 36x28 Framed Grace Phillips, renowned South African artist and calligrapher, exhibited her award-winning paintings and calligraphy in around the world and had several one-woman shows. Her work was featured in an exhibition in La Jolla, California, entitled “Jewish Women, A Lifetime of Art” which opened on March 19 and ran until May 16, 2008. Grace Phillips lived in San Diego, California. Since coming to the United States from South Africa, she was involved in the art world, and was Presidentof the El Cajon Art Association, and Vice President of the San Diego Watercolor Society. Her early work featured portraits of young African men and women, Market scenes, indigenous South African fauna, flora, and landscapes of ‘The Veldt”, “Zoo Lake”, Cape Town Seascapes and many others. Her artwork has been inspired by the vibrant colors of nature and include florals, botanicals and landscapes as well as typical South African flowers such as Protea & Red Hot Pokers. During her travels she was intrigued by cityscapes and building roof tops. Her watercolors and oils capture the energy of cityscapes whether in New York City, Old Town San Diego, Tokyo, Paris, Spain and Thailand. A Her love of the alphabet is seen in various calligraphic renditions, including a HERBAL ABECADARIUM, where each letter of the alphabet and a matching herb or spice is described and written out in calligraphy in pen and ink, and the images are painted in watercolors. Amongst her commissions are Illuminated Scrolls of Honor for dignitaries, V.I.P.’s and State Presidents, as well the Int'l Philatelic Society’s presentation to H. M. Queen Elizabeth II. Her original covers for BLIMEY! MAGAZINE – a magazine for the South African troops at the time of WWII shows her sketching ability and sense of humor, with very sensual portrayals of young ladies -WACS- something that the young troops enjoyed! Grace enjoyed painting in mixed media, and painted in acrylics, collages, watercolor, pen and ink, and oils. She also designed paintings and calligraphy on porcelains. Her work was varied – full of color, form, composition and light!

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