12″ x 18.5″ – Oil Painting on Aluminum

At some point during the process of painting Retracing Wonder, I made the decision to leave a good amount of the portrait incomplete. If you look closely, there are passageways that have been left flat and unrefined. There is a time within each painting that an artist asks him/herself if it’s finished. This question has to be asked outside the artist’s own preconceptions or ego. It’s not about the artist anymore. Retracing Wonder, with all its pencil marks, rough edges, and unrefined marks remains a perfectly incomplete portrait.

The hands in Retracing wonder are meant to evoke a sense of movement and the passing of time. They are also an expressive and emotive device, meant to suggest there may be an additional meaning to the work. Hands are an extension of our mind and an important way we interact with the world. As such, by including them in this portrait, I hope to bring more life and additional depth and mood to the work. 

22″ x 27″ – Oil on Aluminum

The outer edge of the picture plane is as important as what is inside. His arms repeat the rectangular border of the composition and he is covering his eyes from a light or an unknown force beyond its four walls. As with most of my work in this series, the figure is created by combining multiple disjointed body parts. The three main moments I drew from represent different competing moments in time. The work is meant to evoke the idea that we are a product of our own experiences and our actions.  We are not a definable or singular moment in time. My use of saturated color, bright light and translucently painted forms heightens that fleeting effect of passing time and memory. The viewer’s is encouraged to bring meaning to the work and interpret what is happening based on his/her own life experience.

38″ x 28″ – Oil Painting on Aluminum

Two figures occupy a confined space; forced to be impossibly intertwined. The double figures depicted in this composition are merging or separating from each other. What you see are multiple figures and moments in time. The translucent effects and the repeating forms are meant to evoke a sense of movement or a memory.

I am incorporating the translucent and transparent effects seen in the majority of my work, but also trying to give the figures a stronger air of believability by putting them in a space. To achieve a more realist effect, it was painted in an indirect process, beginning with a neutral volumetric layer of earth tones. Colors are subsequently applied with in thin glazes. The title is a play on the design of the work. 1) The Curve of her back 2) The Presence is the figure fading into the background. 3) The Space between is the hand emerging from the gap within the two bodies.

17.5″ x 29″ – Oil Painting on Aluminum

Her hands are passing through the background, middle ground and foreground simultaneously. Space and time play an important role in the meaning of this piece as she touches those spatial boundaries of the picture plane. I enjoy pushing the boundaries between the restrictive nature of the frame and it’s boarder. She is meant to appear to be breaking through into our ( The viewer’s ) space.  ​

5″ x 5″ – Oil on Wood

The Shape of Things is a 5″ x 5″ study for a larger oil painting. Even though it’s a small oil study, it’s a delicately painted original, with as much detail and thoughtfulness as a larger work. While composing this painting, I found myself more interested in leaving the sharp edges of paint. The end result is a painting that appears more collaged.

As with all my work, I abstract the human form and reorganize the human body, using multiple viewpoints of the model. This painting contains six – seven different views of multiple models. She isn’t meant to represent one person and one moment in time, she a sequence and an idea that we are comprised of many experiences.

5″ x 5″ – Oil on Wood

A 5″ x 5″ study for a possible larger/future work. Even though it’s a study, it’s delicately painted and original. While composing this portrait I noticed the colors and the mood was very similar to the well know and famous painter Gustav Klimt’s painting titled: Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer.  This was not my intention, however obvious. Fade is small, but she really pops when you hang her on the wall, or set her on the shelf. Her portrait contains as much detail and thoughtfulness as a larger piece.

5″ x 5″ – Oil Painting on Wood

Clasp is a 5″ x 5″ study for a possible future/larger work. Even though it’s a study, it’s a delicately painted original, with as much detail and thoughtfulness as a larger piece. I was inspired to paint the embodiment of hope. Sometimes my work can be heavy, or dark and this piece allowed me to paint warmer colors, different lighting effects and include more life-like and subtle natural effects. 

5″ x 5″ – Oil Painting on Wood

This  5″ x 5″ portrait painting is a study for a possible larger/future work. It’s a delicately painted portrait that contains as much detail and thoughtfullness as any larger painting. This piece has cubist underpinnings, in that it was inspired by artists like Brach and Picasso who illustrated the painted scene from a multitude of different angles. This paintings leans heavily toward contemporary realism. However, I like to think this painting contains a similar spirit by showing the viewer the same face from two different angles. 

14″ Diam – Oil Painting on Aluminum

This colorfully quiet oil painting was inspired by a rough year health wise in 2019. As with a lot of my paintings, they are journal entries. This painting is no different. It is a symbol of my journey while healing from surgery and coping with my cancer diagnosis and treatments. In “Letting go”, the hands are delicately touching or holding onto the figure.  Or is is a memory, a belief, a person or a dream? Maybe a part of the healing process is knowing when to let go. . .

Letting go is often a difficult choice to make in life. We have all had to let go of something, and I see this piece as an illustration of one such moment.

21″ Diam – Oil Painting on Aluminum

Vertigo is a colorful painting of hands circling around the head of a male figure. Scott uses his unique subject matter and style to imaginatively create new portraits. In Vertigo the translucent colors and blending effects are meant to represent time passing, a fading moment, a memory or movement. Vertigo in particular holds a special meaning to the artist. Scott had a bout of vertigo around the same time this painting was composed, stemming from head and neck surgery and subsequent radiation therapy. Of course, with all of Scott’s work, the viewer may interpret the work in a multitude of ways. It is currently in the collection of The Biggs Museum of American Art and was showcased in 2019 at the annual awards figurative show called Biggs Body.