Scott was born in 1969. He is a native
New Mexican and resides in Tijeras, New Mexico Scott's
interest in art began at an early age and he won numerous
awards at Moriarty High School and graduated in 1987 with an
endorsement in art. He is a Western Bronze Artist who works
in the traditional representational art style. Primarily a
self-taught artist, he has had his work critiqued by William Moyers of the CAA and was invited to the June, 1995, Cowboy
Artists of America summer workshop at the 320 Ranch in Big
Sky, Montana. There he studied under Bruce Greene, Grant
Speed, Fred Fellows, Mehl Lawson and William Moyers. An
ardent student of history, he strives for precise historical
accuracy in all of his work. Scott's recent work has been
juried into the New Mexico State Fair's Fine Arts Gallery
from 1994 through 1999. Scott is an avid outdoorsman and a
registered New Mexico Big Game Guide. During September and
October of each year he can be found guiding on wilderness
pack trips in the Gila Wilderness. He has shown his work at
the George Phippen Memorial Show in Prescott, Arizona. He
has had sculptures in the offices of the First Lady and the
Governor of New Mexico. In December 1997, he won the
"People's Choice" award at the Chuck Wagon Art Show,
sponsored by the New Mexico Stockman's Convention. In August
of 1997, New Mexico Arts For Public Places selected Scott to
sculpt the life size bronze of "Don Juan de Onate"for the
New Mexico National Guard's Headquarters and Training
Facility in Santa Fe. The dedication for the statue was held
in April, 1998 in conjunction with the Cuarto Centenario
Celebration. In January 1999, Scott was invited to display
his work, "Miles To Go" at an exhibition presented by the
Phippen Museum, titled "The Frontiersmen".
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