Phil Dickson is a Wellington artist who enjoys painting a wide range of city subjects from city scenes to the New Zealand bush. His mediums are oil and watercolours and he is known for captivating depiction of light. His sketchbook and paints accompany him while travelling so he can capture the inspiration of any time and place. Phil also likes painting subjects of places familiar to him as they once were, thus revealing them in an historic context from early records, photographs and memory.