PhilDiehl

I was born and raised in Washington state where my personality and artwork have been strongly influenced by the region’s flora, fauna, weather, technology, coffee and people. I briefly studied design and production art at Phoenix Institute of Technology, where I spent a lot of money but didn’t learn much; however, this provided the perfect venue for me to hone my artistic skills and techniques. I still enjoy trying new artistic techniques and media, just to keep me on the edge.

Although I have visited, explored, and travelled through nearly all the states and providences in North America, I have only resided in a few states, including: Washington, Oregon, Connecticut, and Arizona. For a time, I made a living creating artwork, but during this period I learned that I really only enjoyed creating artwork as a hobby, instead of relying on producing what other people wanted in order to pay the bills.

The purpose of artwork, in my eyes, is to pick pieces of reality and imagination out the artist’s mind to put them into focus in such a way as to have one look a bit longer than usual in order to let it reach the consciousness, which is where everybody then makes something different out of it. I hope that others will admire these pieces of my reality and imagination with the result of it inspiring them to expand their horizons, try something new, do something crazy, and continue to improve themselves.