JEFFREY SCOTT --ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

JEFFREY SCOTT WAS BORN NEAR SAN FRANCISCO IN 1950 AND HAS ALWAYS LIVED IN CALIFORNIA. RAISED AND EDUCATED IN SAN DIEGO, JEFFREY ONLY HAD SPORADIC OPPORTUNITIES TO PURSUE HIS INNATE INTEREST IN ART.

SCOTT MOVED TO THE EASTERN SIERRA IN 1997 AND FOUND TIME TO PAINT SOME OF THE NUMEROUS MOUNTAIN SCENES WHICH HE LOVES SO DEARLY. WATERCOLOR IS HIS MEDIUM OF CHOICE. HE HAS PARTICIPATED IN MANY ART SHOWS AND HAS PRODUCED A NUMBER OF LOCAL FESTIVAL POSTERS.

JEFFREY, AN AVID OUTDOORS MAN, COUNTS SKIING, MOUNTAIN BIKING, KAYAKING, AND BACKPACKING AMONG HIS FAVORITE ACTIVITIES. SCOTT PAINTS ON LOCATION AS WELL AS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS HE TAKES IN THE BACK COUNTRY.

AS AN ARTIST LIVING AT THE BASE OF THE MIGHTY SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS, HIS INSPIRATION COMES FROM HIS MANY TRIPS IN THIS INCOMPARABLE RANGE. THROUGH HIS ART HE HOPES TO CAPTURE SOME OF THEIR MAGIC.