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Deborah Scott


When did you realize you wanted to make art seriously? 10:15 am, April 24, 2007. The moment I quit my job as president of a technology company to pursue art with my whole being. I have never looked back.


Do you have other artists in your family? Ha ha ha. No. I grew up in a family of engineers. My dad was an electrical engineer who was clearly brilliant and creative, as he earned many patents over the course of his career. Growing up, achievement in science and math was the focus in my household. The youngest of four children, I was the only one who did not pursue an engineering career - among my siblings are environmental, chemical and electrical engineers. I was the “rebel” who developed interests in philosophy and business.


That said, there was great appreciation for the arts in our family and I was encouraged to learn about art and artists, though not necessarily to make art.


As an artist, how would you define success? Waking up every day with the freedom to express myself, working with passion, and being accountable to the people in my life. Having and continuing to develop the skills to express the ideas that have been clamoring to find their way out my head over the course of my life. Making connections with others through my art – discovering there are other people out there who understand.


Without Permission oil and mixed media 40x24


Who are you’re biggest influences? I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s in front of the TV watching Saturday morning cartoons, episodes of Brady Bunch, Gilligan’s Island and all the advertisements that came along with it. Mass market advertising and packaging may be the single greatest visual influence in my life. Value judgments aside, I acknowledge big brands as a fundamental part of my upbringing.


So much so that I went on


to become a marketer for global brands such as Cheerios, Betty Crocker, and Amazon. No question this experience has shaped my work significantly.


Looking to the art world I love both the immediacy and iconography of the pop art movement. Warhol, Lichtenstein, Hamilton, and Rauschenberg all play heavily into my work.


However... I also love the sensual qualities of paint and seeing the hand of the artist in the work. For those qualities I look to the work of Rembrandt, Chardin, Mancini, and Bastien-Lepage.


My work is a mash-up of these seemingly polarized artistic influences. I use iconic brands and contemporary contexts as symbols in my work. I also strive for authentic emotion and painterly passages. In contrast to the Pop art movement, and Warhol in particular, I want to move beyond the borrowed interest of brands. I embrace the emotion and sentiment inherent in our relationships with those brands and familiar iconography: Warm not cold, individual not corporate.


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