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Original Watercolor Landscapes and Street Scenes

 

 

                                                                                   

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Artist Statement

In my watercolors, my vision is to capture the beauty of the light as it

embraces the shapes and forms of my natural and man made landscapes.  Pure trans-

parent pigments can be subtle or vibrant. For me, watercolor is the most versatile and

expressive of mediums .  Each painting is begun with small sketches or plein air studies.

When I start the final work, I select the finest paper and pigments to help me portray

the character of the subject.

As a final part of the design process, I carefully mat and frame each

work with the best archival materials available.

 

 

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I am informally schooled as an artist, having painted watercolors since I was in high school. I first studied with my grandfather, watercolor artist Leslie Austin Hartley, who was born and raised in England and  learned to paint there before he moved to the U.S. After my formal training in music at the University of Michigan, in 1979, my hobby of painting became a profession and I began attending art festivals nationwide with my watercolors. To acquire further knowledge, I attended workshops by Sondra Freckleton, Nita Engle and Tom Lynch as well as studying the books of John Pike, Daniel Chard, Robert Cottingham, Ted Kautsky, Edgar Whitney and David Friend, to name a few. Growing up in the Catskills of New York, inspires my body of rural landscapes and my residence in towns while attending college led to my discovery of the angular forms, textures, colors and abstractions which inspire my urban landscapes. I hope you enjoy my latest works.

 

 

Selected National

Art Festivals

 

Cherry Creek Art Fair, Denver,Co, First Place Painting 1998

Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, served as peer Juror

The Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO

The St. Louis Art Fair, St. Louis, MO

Walt Disney World Festival of the Masters, Florida, 1st Place in Watercolor Category, 2006

Winter Park Sidewalk Art Fair, Winter Park, Florida, 2nd Place Award, Watercolor

Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival, Reston, VA, 1st Place Award in Fine Arts Category 2007

Coconut Grove Fine Art Festival, Miami, Florida

Old Town Art Festival, Chicago

Port Clinton Art Festival, Chicago, 1st Place Award. Watercolor Category

Great Gulfcoast Art Festival, Pensacola, Florida, Award of Excellence, 2002 and 2007

Mainsail Arts Festival, St. Petersburg, Florida, Award of Excellence 2007

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Fine Art Fair, 2nd Place over all, 2006

Tall Grass Art Fair, Chicago, 1st Place, Painting

Brighton Art Festival, Brighton, Mich., 2nd Place over all 2006,1st  Place, 2007

Suttons Bay Art Fair, Suttons Bay, Mich., Best in Show, 2007

 

 

National Gallery Shows

American Artist Annual

Watercolor USA Annual

Showcase of American Art, Taos, New Mexico

Texas Watercolor Society Annual, traveling exhibit

Michigan Watercolor Society Annual

Midwest Watercolor Society Annual

 

Publications

American Artist Magazine

Splash Five, North Light Books

The Artistic Touch, North Light Books

Cover Art for the Ann Arbor Observer

 

 

Contact Information

E-mail address

scotthartley@copper.net

Web address

Scott Hartley Watercolors.com

Studio phone

734 355 2992

 

Address

5334 Nollar Rd

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105

 

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