Scott Shiffer StudioAbout the Artist
Artist Statement
There are 2 types of artists described as either visual or haptic. The visual artist follows a plan and uses a learned technique and tends to be representational in style. The haptic artist is kinesthetic and expresses emotionally. (Lowenfeld, 1943). I recently came to the realization why I find it exceptionally difficult to paint in a "modernist" style. I am a visual artist.
Art should inspire emotion - memories, dreams, desires, love. Painting is a continuous process, always learning, always improving; a painting can never really be completed. Impasto is favored leading to another dimension in expression on canvas or panel, begging to be touched. In realism or impressionism, capturing nature's perfect colour and design will always be the greatest challenge.
Artist Bio
Born in the United States and educated in California universities (bachelors and masters degrees). Living and traveling throughout the U.S. and foreign places has given me a special opportunity to appreciate a variety of cultural arts. Spending years in Asia, the Pacific islands, and later Europe has led to an appreciation for the ebb and flow of life around our world. The echoes of cultural experiences have a strong influence on my canvases. For decades, studying in the studios of life, art is but an expression of life.
Affiliations
Pensacola Museum of Art
Santa Rosa Arts & Culture Foundation
Artel Gallery, Pensacola, FL USA
Dragonfly Gallery, Milton, FL USA
AllPosters.com, Art.com, Imagekind.com, ArtistRising.com
Selected Exhibitions
2003 Chipiona, Espana
2004 to present ongoing exhibit at Dragonfly Gallery, Milton, FL
2006 ARTEL Gallery, Pensacola, FL
2007 Winter's End, Dragonfly Gallery Milton, FL
2008 Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL
2008 ARTEL Gallery, Pensacola, FL