Richard T. Scott

Richard T. Scott

            Richard T. Scott is a Classical Realist painter.  Classical Realism is an artistic movement that began as a literary style, and then transformed into an artistic style.  This movement depicts love for the natural world, and includes aspects of Classicism, Realism, and even Impressionism.  Scott, like other artists associated with Classical Realism, creates his works from observation, and avoids the use of reference photos.  His paintings, such as Aurochs and Angels use dark colors and a sense of myth to portray his timeless portraits.  Scott strives for ambiguity in his pieces because it allows the viewers to add their own meanings to the work drawing from their own life experiences.  Richard T. Scott is also an active part of the Kitsch movement, which combines emotional imagery in older styles of painting.  Kitsch focuses on the concept of a piece more than the piece itself.

            I enjoy the Classical approach that Richard T. Scott brings to contemporary figure painting.  I am inspired by the sense of ambiguity that Scott wants each portrait to have.  The human figure is something that people will always bring their own meanings to, especially ambiguous facial expressions.  Another thing about Richard T. Scott’s work that I like is the dark colors and earthy tones that he uses.  I think they go very well together and help to add to the mythological and dreamlike reality that he strives for in his paintings.