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Scott A. Spencer
626-578-0255
galleryspencer@yahoo.com
www.artmajeur.com/spencer
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Living in Los Angeles, California, Spencer loves to listen to music and paint daily.He takes inspiration from his immediate surroundings, real or imagined, and paints into the wee hours of the night. Scott began painting full time after a brush with cancer in 1999. He is represented by renowned gallerist and art dealer Biljana Grcic-Beran through Galeria Jan in La Jolla, California, and was admitted into the Pasadena Society of Artists in 2004.
Scott Spencer is a self taught artist. His artworks are most often executed without prior preparation, thus becoming free expressions of his mood and emotions at the moment when they are created. As experiences influence our thoughts and perspectives on the world, so more intense and dramatic experiences tend to leave even deeper marks on our outlook for the future. A brush with cancer a few years ago forced Scott to rethink his values. Since then he has taken life as it comes--sans soucis--and this insouciance is reflected in his canvases where color and form flow, neither structured by 'rules' acquired through formal training nor intimidated by the need to impress. Imagination at the moment of creativity guides the hand and the senses feel the paint. Every brushstroke is 'good' and therefore there are no mistakes or better ways to improve the work. There is no need to rework a canvas or rethink a composition--it is as it is, and each work thus becomes a record of a unique sensory moment of time.
Scott Andrew Spencer lives and works in Pasadena. He can often be seen standing at his easel on the balcony of his condominium in the evening hours and into the small hours of the morning. Beneath the starry night the imagination has no limits, the senses are magnified and only art can somehow give a release to such energies at times like these. Albert Einstein once said that "imagination is more important that knowledge." For artist Scott Spencer these are defining words that only a real daydreamer can appreciate. Scott is a prolific painter and has painted an eclectic body of work since devoting himself to his art. He has had works exhibited in numerous exhibitions in California and is a current member of the Pasadena Society of Artists. His works have won awards and been sold in the USA and in Europe.
Education
C.S.U.L.B. (Long Beach, CA)
Associate in Arts Degree, Orange Coast College (Costa Mesa, CA)
Affiliations
Pasadena Society of Artists (PSA)
Selected Exhibitions
2008 JFerrari Gallery—“Body of Art” (Atwater Village, CA)
2007 Bonaventure Hotel—“Sense of Community” (Los Angeles, CA)
Terra Gallery—“Open Up” (Columbus, OH)
Essence of Living (Hermosa Beach, CA)
The Loft—“Paint 9 Décor” (Eagle Rock, CA)
2006 Viva Gallery—“81st Annual Exhibition” (Sherman Oaks, CA)
BrenArt—Solo (Pasadena, CA)
i-5 Gallery—“Art World Poker” (Los Angeles, CA)
Gregg Gallery and Frames—“AEG Artists” (Bexley, OH)
Whites Gallery—“Springtime” (Montrose, CA)
BIA Parade of Homes—“New Haven Homes” (Westerville, OH)
Fina—“6 Up” (Los Angeles, CA)
Carlotta’s Passion Gallery—“Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out” (Eagle Rock, CA)
2005 The Velvet Room—“Third Anniversary” (Pasadena, CA)
A Shenere Velt Gallery—“Artifacts of Activism/Images of Peace” (Los Angeles, CA)
Celebrity Centre International—“Rose Variety Arts Show” (Hollywood, CA)
Pazzaz—“Paint and Shoot”, exhibit with Matt Harbicht (Silver Lake, CA)
Space-LA—“3rd Annual Ken Dunipace Memorial Art Show” (Los Angeles, CA)
Surrounding Art—Gallery Artists (Pasadena, CA)
Creative Arts Gallery—“PSA 80th Anniversary Exhibition” (Burbank, CA)
Galleria Jan—“Gallery Artists” (La Jolla, CA)
2004 Fine Artists Factory—“PSA 79th Annual Juried Exhibition” (Pasadena, CA)
Altadena LCC—“PSA New Members Exhibition” (Altadena, CA)
Period Gallery—“Color II” (Lincoln, NE)
Friends Gallery—“Make Art, Not War” (Pasadena, CA)
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery—“Open Call” (Los Angeles, CA)
Period Gallery—“Faces III” (Lincoln, NE)
Period Gallery—“Abstraction VII” (Lincoln, NE)
Pacer Communities—“Quattro Blu” (Pasadena, CA)
Period Gallery—“Landscape IV” (Lincoln, NE)
Period Gallery—“Contemporary VI” (Lincoln, NE)
2003 Period Gallery—“Abstract VI” (Lincoln, NE)
Abstract Earth Gallery—“Abstracted” (Columbus, OH)
2002 123 Soho Gallery—“Featured Artist” (New York, NY)
2001 TheArtProject—Artists Respond To Terrorism
2000 Solid Expressions Gallery—“Gallery Artists” (Los Altos Hills, CA)
Publications
2008 The Art of Everyday Joe: A Collector's Journal, Michael K. Corbin
2008 Art Wanted Calendars: Science Fiction/Fantasy, Animals/Wildlife, Landscape/Outdoor
2007 Art Wanted Calendar: Outdoor/Landscape
“Mechanic”, short film directed by Asher Glaser
2006 Art in King-Sized Beds: A Collector’s Journal, AuthorHouse
2005 Interview Series, Spencer Unleashed, ArtintheVault, April
Artists on their Work, Art in the Vault, February 5
2004 Guest Artist, Quattro Blu, Pacer Communities, May 25
2003 Artist Spotlight, Pasadena Weekly, ‘Art Speak,’ June 12
Collections
David and Nadine Alon, Belgium
Dr. William Armstrong
Vern Asche, Devore, CA
David Brashear, Virginia
Michael K. Corbin, Indianapolis, IN
Michael L. Grace, Palm Springs, CA
Joe Hudgens, Alhambra, CA
Mark Humphry, Altadena, CA
Glade Johnson Design, Bellevue, WA
Brad Kuhlin, Pasadena, CA
Westley Lagerberg, Yorba Linda, CA
Lurssen Yachts, Bremen-Vegesack, Germany
Junell Mackey, Pasadena, CA
John Matty, Olivenhain, CA
Jason Maynard, Malibu, CA
Jo McDonnell, Durham, NC
Therese Molloy, New York, NY
Sharon Myers, Davis, CA
Tami Pflug, Los Angeles, CA
Amy Pounder, Bernardsville, NJ
Mary Shields, Denver, CO
Michael Smoler, Austin TX
Ellen Hart Sturm, New York, NY
Karin Wagner, Olympia, WA
Emily Yerkovich-Phillips, Austin, TX
Awards
2006 Best of 123Soho 2006 Art Show, New York
2005 Best of 123Soho 2005 Art Show, Cloud Cover
2004 Honorable Mention, PSA 79th Annual Juried Exhibition, Flowers to Heaven
Special Recognition, ‘Landscape IV,’ Period Gallery, Poolside
Director’s Recognition, ‘Contemporary VI,’ Period Gallery, Three
2003 Special Recognition, ‘Abstraction VI,’ Period Gallery, A Place by the Water
* None of the artworks may be copied or reproduced without the written permission of the Artist