Phil Padwe

Phil received his BA in Writing from SUNY Purchase and 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, where he fell in love with silverpoint. He has exhibited silverpoint drawings nationally and 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, and has commissioned portraits in the collections of Columbia University and NYU's School of International Students and Scholars. He teaches Cast Drawing at The Art Students League and has taught Life Drawing as an adjunct professor at New York Academy of Art; as well as at the Salmagundi Club.