© 2001 Michael Taylor

          About the Artist

All fine portraits have the immediately arresting aspect of the artist's skill, but there is another which is always present and equally important. This is the tone, the atmosphere, which is the artist's very own and it conditions everything he does. The work of Phillip Stewart Charis has been compared to that of painters such as Rembrandt, Van Dyke, Joshua Reynolds and Sargent, due mainly to fine chiaroscuro lighting and elegance of poses and expression.

To quote Robert Sobieszek of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, from the "L.A. Times" article on Mr. Charis, March 25, 2001, "Sobieszek believes Charis' work will stand the test of time. Historians of the future will look back on the tradition of the grand manner of portraiture that started in the mid-18th century with Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds, and continued through Sargent and Charis"

          Recognition

Master of Photography with the Professional Photographers of America. Fellow of the American Society of Photographers. Fellow of the Institute of British Photography. Craftsman of Photography with the Professional Photographers of America.

Associate of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britian. Instructor-Winona School of Professional Photography. Lecturer-National State Photographic Conventions.

He is incomparable. His work may be seen in some of America's most distinguished collections. Its recognition as some of the finest in contemporary portraiture is continually attested.