David Phillips is a Los Angeles-based painter, digital/video artist, and architect of Wino-Strut. His work is a wicked trip because it blends themes and images from the past with contemporary elements. It’s an overt display of the evolution of culture wrapped in his own unique aesthetic.

Check out some samples of his work below and to get the full effect visit the artist’s online galleries on tumblr, and Wino-Strut.com.


a work by David Phillips is a Los Angeles-based painter, digital, video artist

Western Contemporary

a work showing booze bottle and a girl by David Phillips is a Los Angeles-based painter, digital, video artist

We Were Just Having Fun While We Could Dear

a work showing a fox and a cowboy by David Phillips is a Los Angeles-based painter, digital, video artist

Territory Blues

a work by David Phillips is a Los Angeles-based painter, digital, video artist

Kingdom Hall

a modern artwork by David Phillips is a Los Angeles-based painter, digital, video artist

Kung Fu

modern painting work by David Phillips is a Los Angeles-based painter, digital, video artist

The Blinds

a work showing cowboy face cut out by David Phillips is a Los Angeles-based painter, digital, video artist

Salt of the Earth