"Those Last Critical Moments" is a hand signed and numbered print by William Phillips depicting an aircraft carrier ship silhouetted against an orange sunset as fighter planes come in to land or take off, which are very intense and dangerous procedures.

Frame: 33 x 27, Matted

Image size: 20×26
Print number: 950/1250

Phillips' work hangs in numerous public and private collections throughout the world. Phillips is now the aviation artist of choice for many American heroes and the nostalgic landscape artist of choice for many collectors. After one of his paintings was presented to King Hussein of Jordan, Phillips was commissioned by the Royal Jordanian Air Force. He developed 16 major paintings, many of which now hang in the Royal Jordanian Air Force Museum in Amman. The Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum presented a one-man show of Phillips' work in 1986; he is one of only a few artists to have been so honored. In 1988, Phillips was chosen to be a U.S. Navy combat artist. For his outstanding work, the artist was awarded the Navy's Meritorious Public Service Award and the Air Force Sergeants Association's Americanism Medal. In 1991, three of Phillips' works were chosen as part of the top 100 in Art for the Parks, the prestigious annual fund-raiser for the National Park Service, and one painting received the Art History Award from the National Park Foundation.