Client spotlight: True Spilt Milk Designs
I had the recent pleasure of working with visual artist Paul Phillips, AKA True Spilt Milk Designs. Having known Paul for a long time personally, it was a real joy to be able to support his practice.
After meeting in-person to discuss the brief over a coffee, I conducted research on his behalf sourcing available funding pots specifically for visual artists; and more in-depth research analysing how to crack the system of Instagram’s ever-changing algorithms to get the most out of the platform, alongside Facebook and Twitter.
Along the way I spotted various competitions, call-outs for exhibitors, fellowships and residencies, which, although weren’t part of the original brief, I felt would be amiss if I didn’t include them as other avenues for financial support for his work, and an organic way to reach more people.
One of which was the Qube Arts Open Competition - an established annual event at Qube, Oswestry, Shropshire attracting artists across the UK to exhibit each July. This year’s theme was ‘Discovery & Exploration’. An independent panel of judges view the works, with the winning ‘Best In Show’ artist receiving a £500 cash prize.
Paul was really open to exploring these avenues, and I am enormously pleased to say he entered, and won! But I wouldn’t expect anything less from such a talented individual.
Paul Phillips, True Spilt Milk Design with his stunning prints.
I have long been an admirer of his work, his commissions for various contemporary artists, and even had the honour in my old workplace of featuring in a bespoke mural at The Boileroom alongside my sister, Dom Frazer.
Paul said of his winning piece,"All my fine art prints come from deep inside and are all representative of states of mind I have struggled to get out of in the past so to get recognition for this work is extremely cathartic.
This particular piece is about using your imagination to create a fantasy to live in during moments where real life is just too much to bear.”
Congratulations Paul, a truly well deserved win, and I hope, the first of many!
Visit his website here to see his incredible artwork:
