About Me

My Work

I most enjoy trying new ways of expressing myself so I work in many different mediums. My work in wood leads me to use the unseen grain of the wood to show what no-one sees until we look inside. Sometimes the wood says table, sometimes it says bowl or bread board. The branch in the wood pile may say to me its not just a stick but really a jazz dancer, surfer or lumber jack, you just have to look and imagine. That’s the fun.



Biography

Phil Whitebay, originally from Cedar Grove, NJ, has been a resident of Highland for over 40 years.  He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from Rochester Institute of Technology.  After serving his country for four years in the Navy, much of his career was spent in manufacturing.  Learning by renovating several houses of his own, he subsequently became a contractor and did home improvements for others.  He concluded his professional career working at Lowes in Highland.

Throughout his life he has remained interested in the arts, experimenting with a variety of mediums including photography, stained glass, lamp work beads and jewelry, painting, stick figures, and most recently furniture.


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