Philip Jostrom has studied art history for many years and has been especially influenced by the luminosity of the 17th Century Dutch still life painters. In addition to still life paintings, he specializes in commissioned portraits of pets and people.
Formerly, Philip was an assistant art director and assistant set decorator on feature films including the Godfather Part 2, Marathon Man, and Network. He was an associate casting director on films such as Sex, Lies, and Videotape and Last Exit to Brooklyn. He also taught acting at the New School for 9 years.
More recently, Philip has also participated in many local theater presentations including Duet with Lumiri Tubo at the Tusten Theater, many productions at The Ritz in Hawley, musical theater with the Delware Valley Opera, dinner theater at Ehrhardt's on Lake Wallenpaupack and readings at the Tusten Library.
His still life and landscape paintings have been seen on display at the River Gallery in Narrowsburg, New York, the Philip Hone Gallery in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, and at the Tusten Library.