Philip has been awarded the Governors Award for the State of Alabama. He has a BA degree from Duke University, an MBA from Wharten School of Business at Penn, an extracurricular education from the High Museum of Art, Atlanta. He was an adjunct faculty at. Auburn University Montgomery and Yonok College, Thailand.
Philip has studied art from Barbara Gallagher, Charles Whitehead and Eve Perry. He is represented by Gallery One Fine Art in Montgomery.