​Since 2015 we've been proud to have Phil Creek BA, ATD, SWAc as our President. ​

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​Phil is an accomplished and widely exhibited West Country artist, based in East Devon. He is the chair of the SouthWest Academy and has a wealth of experience as a schools arts advisor. He is best known for his paintings depicting the places, people and landscape of Britain, Europe and East Coast of the USA. Phil is an advocate of plein air painting and lives and works predominantly in East Devon surrounded by the landscape that continues to inspire him.
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Phil has had a long career in the arts from first studying fine art at the University of Manchester in the early seventies through to his final full time post as County Adviser for Art and Design in the county of Devon. He has paintings in private collections in Spain, the USA and the UK and has exhibited in The Mall Gallery, London, The Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter Phoenix and The Gloss Gallery, Exeter. The Society is very pleased to have such an eminent practitioner as its president.