Paul Scott

PAUL SCOTT
Artist statement

My use of ocean, sky and landscape imagery is part of a wider investigation into the effects we associate with place and time, weather and light. The information I gather refers to the scientific and mathematical nature of reality. When choosing a composition it is factors like scale and perspective and the activities of nature, like how the waves break and clouds float and a successful portrayal of these issues that determine whether it will be possible for me to resolve the "illusion" and create the concept of scenery, in paint.

Dramatic light and weather effects are of great interest to us all. The contemplation of place and time and of light and atmospheric conditions has significant psychological as well as sentimental influence. Processing of all relevant information not only forms part of our immediate reality but also initiates memory and meaning in one of our primary intellectual functions, the constant analysis of the aesthetic of "beauty". Beauty is an extremely complex and compelling human ideal, one that an artist can never avoid.

"Scientific and psychological realities" are linked through the irrefutable actions of colour and shape. The temperature of colours, the contrast of opposites, the jagged and aggressive and the contoured and harmonious shape are used by artists with remorseless vigour in the exploration of thought and existence. I have been painting for over 30 years and have work in Australia and overseas collections.

My technique is traditional oil painting on canvas emphasizing a larger format, as I feel this to be advantageous in creating a sense of monumentality and depth, qualities I deem essential in any successful "realist" interpretation of majestic scenery and its inevitable psychological parallel.

I love the coast! I live on a farm in Yallingup, with friends in peace and harmony, gardening, helping with farm chores and playing music in between work and travel.

PAUL SCOTT
Curriculum Vitae
BORN - Tasmania 1956

1981   Studies T.C.A.E, Newnham Campus, Launceston, Tasmania
1983   Graduate Show, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Tasmania
1984 - Solo Exhibition - Art Stretchers Gallery , Launceston, Tasmania
          - Group Exhibition - Cockatoo Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
1987   Solo Exhibition - Cockatoo Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
1987 - Touring Exhibition - "Fabrications" Recent Contemporary Art from Tasmania Chameleon Gallery, Hobart, Praxis Gallery, Perth, WA
1988   "Landfall" Bicentenial Group Exhibition - Chameleon Gallery, Hobart, Tas.
1988   Tasmania Arts Advisory Board - "Bicentenial Mural Project" St Helens, Tasmania. Represented by Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
1992   Stojanofski Sculpture Award - Stanley Arts Festival, Tasmania
1993 - "Big Picture Show" Group Exhibition - Long Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
           "Coast to Coast" - Lands Department Gallery, Cradle Mountain, Tasmania
            Burnie Regional Library, Burnie, Tasmania
            Hobart Marine Board Prize - Stanley Arts Festival, Stanley, Tasmania
           "Electica", Group Exhibition - Charmers Church, Launceston, Tasmania
1994  "Dame Edna (regrets she is unable to attend)" Satire in Australian Sculpture, Touring Exhibition. Devonport Regional Gallery, Devenport, Tasmani
1995   Represented by Despard Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
1996 - Represented by Gomboc Gallery, Perth, WA
            Lecturing Art History/Theory, Kalgoorlie Art School,WA
            Represented by Yallingup Gallery, Yallingup, WA
            Represented by Gallery 101, Melbourne, Victoria
1997   Central Highlands Art Award, Central Highlands Council, Bothwell, Tas
1998   Solo Exhibition Ambrose Building, Smithton, Tasmania
2000   Represented by Stanley Art Works, Stanley, Tasmania
2001   Represented by Gallery Delemer, Stanley, Tasmania
2003   Represented by Wentworth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
            Exhibited : Mosman Art Prize - Mosman City Gallery, Sydney, NSW
            Represented by Artifakt Gallery, Deloraine, Tasmania
2005 - "Natures Light", joint exhibition - Jahroc Galleries, Margaret River, WA
            Represented by Jahroc Galleries, Margaret River, WA
2006 - "In the Moment" solo exhibition Jahroc Galleries, Margaret River, WA





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