RON HENGGELER

 

 

December 3, 2024
Preliminary sketches of cattle and cowboys by renowned artist Tom Phillips

 
 

 

 
 

I've recently begun archiving and cataloging hundreds of pencil sketches drawn by my friend and housemate, Tom Phillips. I met Tom in 1974, and knew him until he passed away in 2005. Tom, who was part Chickasaw Indian, began as a commercial artist, and became a leading and well-known painter of Western Art, in addition to being an acclaimed Chickasaw artist. Most of the large-format pencil sketches that I have photographed so far were preliminary studies that Tom later painted in watercolor or oil on canvas.

 
 

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

27in. x 30in.

 
     

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

24in. x 36in.

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

Watercolor by Tom Phillips

15in. x 22.5in.

 
     

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

24in. x 36in.

 
     
 

 

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

Watercolor by Tom Phillips

24in. x 32in.

 
     

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

24in. x 38in.

 
     

 

Watercolor by Tom Phillips

15in. x 22in.

 
     

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

29in. x 42in.

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

24in. x 36in.

 
     
 

 

 
     

 

Watercolor by Tom Phillips

24in. x 35in.

 
     

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

26in. x 34in.

 
     

 

Watercolor by Tom Phillips

11in. x 15in.

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

Watercolor by Tom Phillips

11in. x 15in.

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

24in. x 43in.

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 
     
 

 

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

Watercolor by Tom Phillips

11in. x 15in.

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

Watercolor by Tom Phillips

11in. x 15in.

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

Watercolor by Tom Phillips

28in. x 36in.

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 
     
 

 

 
     

 

Watercolor by Tom Phillips

10.5in. x 13.5in

 
     

 

Detail of watercolor by Tom Phillips

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

Watercolor by Tom Phillips

12in. x 17in.

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

Watercolor by Tom Phillips

10.5 x 13.5in.

 
     

 

 

 
     
 

Watercolor by Tom Phillips

15in. x 22in.

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

24in. x 32in.

 
     

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

24in. x 38in.

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

22in. x 30in.

 
     

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

14.5 x 36in.

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

22in. x 36in.

 
     
 

Watercolor by Tom Phillips

26in. x 30in.

 
     

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

24in. x 36in.

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

24in. x 38in.

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

24in. x 38in.

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 
     
 

 

 
     

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

24in. x 38in.

 
     

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

24in. x 38in.

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

Watercolor by Tom Phillips

15in. x 22.5in.

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

24in. x 38in.

 
     

 

 

 
     
 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

24in. x 36in.

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips 24in. x 38in.

 
     

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

22in. x 38in.

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

24in. x 36in.

 
     

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

24in. x 36in.

 
     

 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

24in. x 36in.

 
     
 

Pencil sketch by Tom Phillips

23in. x 37in.

 
     

 

 

 
     

 

Watercolor by Tom Phillips

18in. x 26.in.

 
     

 

Tom Phillips 

1927 - 2005

Tom Phillips was a Commercial Artist, Western Artist, and Native American Artist

Chickasaw artist Tom Phillips

 

 

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