Jay Phillips is a Painter and Poet living in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Born in Amsterdam, NY, he studied at New Paltz University and moved to the Roaring Fork Valley in 1998. He has worked locally in painting, ceramics and gallery installation at CMC Aspen and Anderson Ranch Arts Center. He has shown work at the Aspen Chapel Gallery and the Red Brick Center for the Arts in Aspen, Co – CCAH and the Carbondale Clay Center in Carbondale, Co – and BWAC in Brooklyn, NY. Jay has been inspired as well by his travels to Great Britain, Italy, Mexico and domestic locales such as Santa Fe, Los Angeles and New York City. Jay has also held a studio at Studio for Arts and Works in Carbondale, Co and maintains a studio at his home in Glenwood Springs, Co.