Preternatural: Michael Scott - Hardcover

Michael Scott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0890136718 ISBN 13: 9780890136713

Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2022

Synopsis

Michael Scott’s landscapes embody the primacy of place. They draw from memory, archetypes, and iconic works of the American canon. His paintings aim not to capture a landscape’s particularity, as such, but to infuse it with the regenerative spirit of nature itself. He brings to the work his own sense of wonder, enabling viewers to engage with it from their own points of view. They are rewarded with a portal into America’s wild places, where the elements take center stage. In addition to 117 full-color plates, this volume features essays by art historians and curators illuminating the artist’s process and the ways in which his current series, Preternatural, situates him within the broader history of the American landscape tradition.

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About the Author

Michael Scott was born in Lawrence, Kansas. He studied painting at the Kansas City Art Institute, where he received his BFA. He was a recipient of the Skowhegan painting fellowship in Skowhegan, Maine, and received his MFA from the University of Cincinnati in Ohio. His paintings of the American landscape and the American West have been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums and was included in the 41st Corcoran Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting. He lives in Santa Fe.

Edition details

• Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0890136718
• ISBN 13: 9780890136713
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 156