Scott Hartley
Watercolors
Original
Watercolors on Paper
Alley and
Shadows 45Ó by 67Ó
$12000.00
Framed
Balanced
Ladder, 21 ½Ó by 29 1/2 Ò
$2200.00 Framed
Under Freeway
Bridge, 14Ó by 21Ó
$1200.00
Framed
Flying J Truck
Stop 20 ½Ó by 37 ¼Ó
$2200.00
Framed
Most of the
Paintings in the Following Gallery Archives has been placed in Collections:
Artist
Statement
Using only
brushes, I strive for a painterly yet realistic rendition of my subjects,
hoping to make use of the transparent beauty of watercolors as they are applied
to the surface of paper using the flow of water. Reserving the white of the paper to represent the lightest
values of the subject requires careful planning. To this end I spend hours
manipulating the shapes and light and dark values in small pre studies, until I
feel I have achieved a most expressive composition. Then, after making a careful outline drawing of all of the
elements of the picture on fine watercolor paper, I apply paint, with respect
for how the pigments work together with each other and the suface of the paper.
Resume
I have studied the work of many
paintings and artist teachers, having painted watercolors since I was in high
school. I first became inspired by my grandfather, watercolor artist Leslie
Austin Hartley, who was born and raised in England where he learned to paint
watercolor landscapes there while he was at a boys boarding school. Although my
formal training was in music at the University of Michigan, I decided to make my
avocation of painting 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, and now in the Ann Arbor Michigan area, I developed an eye for the unique
American landscape and seek to capture the rich, colorful, impressive, complex
and intriguing views of the common subjects all around us.
Selected National
Art Festivals
Cherry Creek Art Fair, Denver,Co,
First Place Painting 1998
Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, The
Original, Artist demonstrator in Watercolor for twenty years, Award of
Excellence and
Originality, 2010.
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, 2nd Place in Painting Category, 2002, 2007, Award of Honor,
2008, Judges Award, 2009, Merit Award, 2010, First Place Award of Distinction,
2011.
Mainsail Arts Festival, St.
Petersburg, Florida, Award of Excellence 2007, Best of Show, 2011
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Fine Art
Fair, 2nd Place over all, 2006, First Place/Best of Show, 2010, First
Place/Best of Show, 2011
Tall Grass Art Fair, Chicago, 1st
Place, Painting
Brighton Art Festival, Brighton,
Mich., 2nd Place overall 2006, 1st place, 2007, 2008
Suttons Bay Art Fair, Suttons Bay,
Mich., Best in Show, 2007
Northville, Mich, Art in the Sun, Best
of Show, 2008
Naples Art Festival, Naples, Fla,
Award of Excellence, 2008
Gasparilla Sidewalk Art Festival,
Tampa, Florida, 2009
Mt. Dora Fine Arts Festival, Florida,
1st Place Award in Watercolor Category, 2010
Des Moines Art Festival, Best in
Painting award, 2010
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art,
Art Fair on the Square, Madison Wisconsin, Invitational Award, 2010
Lakeview East Festival of Art,
Chicago, Best in Show, 2010
Fountain Square Arts Festival, Evanston, Ill, First Place in
Painting, 2011
National Competitions
American Watercolor Society Annual,
Salmagundi Club, NYC, 2009, 2011
Watercolor USA Annual, Springfield Art
Museum, Springfield, MO, 2009, Winner, Greg Theilen Memorial Prize, 2010
Georgia Watercolor Society Annual,
2009, 2010
Showcase of American Art, Taos, New
Mexico
Texas Watercolor Society Annual,
traveling exhibit
Michigan Watercolor Society Annual
Midwest Watercolor Society Annual
Illinois Watercolor Society Annual,
2010
Transparent Watercolor Society Annual,
2011
Publications
American Artist Magazine
The Artists Magazine
Splash Five, North Light Books
Splash 11, North Light Books
Splash 12, North Light Books
Best of America Books, Volume II :
Watermedia
The Artistic Touch, North Light Books
Cover Art for the Ann Arbor Observer
Contact Information
E-mail address
Studio phone
734 355 2992