Phil Went is a full time artist living in the Blue Mountains, specialising in figurative and still-life oil painting. Phil previously worked in Information Technology prior to taking up studies of classical drawing and painting techniques, after being inspired by classical Dutch portrait and still life artists.
Phil has been a finalist in a major realist drawing and painting prizes such as the Alice Bale and Kenneth Jack Memorial Award as well as being a finalist in the Percival Portrait Prize, Blue Mountains Portraits, Mudgee Portrait Prize and the National Portrait Gallery Portrait Prize.