'As an artist, Pank's talents found expression in a wide variety of forms; the flaring colour and bold textures of his nudes in oils; watercolours and chalk drawings of some of his favourite landscapes, as in his affectionate series of the south Devon coastline; and delicate pen-and-ink drawings and still-lifes tapping his detailed knowledge of nature developed since childhood.'

Nicholas Deakin, The Independent, 1991

‘My attitude to Philip's architecture was influenced by things like watching him draw on the beach in Corsica, chasing a rare butterfly, handling with tenderness an ancient Persian pot, or discussing art at his home amongst plants and trees that were everywhere, with no barriers between the indoors and outdoors. In other words the human and natural pervades all his works’.

Phillip King, sculptor, 1991

'He always seemed very much at home amongst the craggy rocks of Prawle Point in Devon, where I was fortunate enough to see more of him towards the end of his life. He loved the place. There was a compulsion about his energetic, restless drawings which lined the living room at Foss Cottage...'

'...Although a successful architect, and an architect whose work grew from a personal but recognisable vocabulary, I shall always think of him painting in Devon, the Whatman paper curling under the strains of his paintbrush.'

Professor Adrian Gale, Head of Plymouth School of Architecture

1951 - 56 Trained as an Architect at the Architectural Association School, London.
1951 - 91 Part-time student St Martins School of Art.
1986 - 89 Committee Member Society of Architect Artists.
1989 Elected Member of Contemporary Portrait Society.
1989 Photographs of Architectural Projects (Houses), Courtauld Institute, London.
1989 Illustrations for History of Brown & Tawse. Published by James & James Ltd.
1990 - 93 Complete Original sets of Drawings for Architectural Projects, taken into permanent Drawings Collection, Royal Institute of British Architects.
1990 Studio swap with Russian painter Ivan Chuikov in Moscow.

EXHIBITIONS
1973 The Minories Gallery, Colchester.
1975 M.Ayres Gallery, London
1975 Amwell Gallery, London
1977 Roland Browse Delbanco Christmas Exhibition
1978 Galerie de Sfinx, Amsterdam
1979 Blond Fine Art, London
1980 Summer Exhibition Royal Academy, London
1984 Summer Exhibition Royal Academy, London
1986 Holland Gallery, London
1986 Hunting Exhibition
1987 Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours
1988 Mall Gallery, London, Open Exhibition
1989 Pastel Society, London
1989 Contemporary Portrait Society, London
1990 Tricycle Gallery, London
1984 - 1991 Society of Architect Artists Exhibition, London
2007 The Millinery Works Gallery, London

2008 The Hampstead Garden Summer Exhibition

COLLECTIONS
Leicestershire Education Authority, Department of Environment, Private Collections: UK, Italy, Dubai, Iran, Holland and Germany

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