ABOUT PHIL PADWE

Phil received a BA in Writing from SUNY Purchase, and his MFA in Drawing from the New York Academy of Art. In between he completed a two year independent study of Old Master drawings at the British Museum; and fell in love with the Old Master medium of silverpoint.

He has had his portraiture appear in The New York Times; NPR; and on NY1 News. He is in the permanent collection of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art (at Cornell University) and has commissioned portraits in the collections of Columbia University and NYU's School of International Students and Scholars.

 

He teaches a weekly Cast Drawing class at the Art Students League of New York, and has taught Life Drawing to undergrads at the the New York Academy of Art; and at The Salmagundi Club.

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Phil teaches Workshops in silverpoint, ballpoint and mixed media drawing; and is available for private lessons and guided museum tours in Manhattan.​