Philip Jay O’Meilia (1927- )

Philip Jay O´Meilia was born in 1927 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he still resides today. Between military stints in WWII and Korea,serving as a Navy artist, he attended the Art Students League in New York (1945-46, 1947-49) and the Chicago Academy of Fine Art (1946-47). He also attended the Cape School of Art in Provincetown, MA, George Washington University in Washington, DC, and the University of Tulsa. O´Meilia also received special instruction from Eliot O´Hara and Frederic Taubes.

O´Meilia’s work has been displayed in galleries and museums across America, including the Smithsonian Institution, the National Academy of Design in New York, and the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. His sculptures, paintings, serigraphs, and prints are in the permanent collections of more than 500 private and corporate organizations worldwide.

A lifelong sports enthusiast, O´Meilia is highly regarded for his artistic depiction of professional and collegiate football, particularly at the University of Oklahoma, professional tennis, golf, and other sports. Among other highlights of his career, he was commissioned by the PGA to create the official painting for the 2001 U.S. Open Tournament at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa.