Come Visit the Studio: 
Artist Open Studios in Laguna Beach
June 5, 1-6pm
Enjoy a free self guided tour of artist studios. 
list of artists, addresses, and map >

Focus on "Earthprints"
"While I was carving limestone, I had one of those "ah ha" moments when the concept of "Earthprints" was birthed.  I saw the repetitive and timeless patterns in leaf veins, hand prints, errosion gullies, tilled fields and earth strata as similar and related.  I have carved these marks into limestone and encaustic panels, stamped them onto paintings, and drawn them in ink.  Painting as sculpture and stone carving as drawing, I go back and forth between the media.

In some cases I have juxtaposed these deeply textured areas with areas of mixed media using monoprinted and rice papers, metal leaf, ink, and oil glazes.  The carved and textured areas of encaustic are neutral in color and alternate opaque and translucent layers, much like the strata in rock.

The process of making these paintings involves making the encaustic paints, preparing the panels, layering the paint and then working the surface with heated tools.  The encaustic paint is made from beeswax, damar resin, and pigment melted together.  The layers are applied to sanded wood panels with brushes, palette knives and tools I have designed myself.  I often loose a sense of time during this part of the process.  As the layers get deeper, I start carving away at the surface, revealing patterns-painting as sculpture. To finish the paintings, I fuse the surface with heat.

For inspiration, I photograph details in nature and look for related patterns and textures.  I have plans to use some of these photographs as an additional reference in these artworks.  As in my earlier "Walls" series, I see layers as the passage of time. " Marsh

"Earthprints" paintings >
"Earthprints" stone >

Commissions, Projects, Shows

Sawdust Art Festival, June 26 - August 31, Laguna Beach Ca.  10-10 daily except July 4. May and June are the months of booth building and preparing for this art festival. The booth space #314 will be transformed into a summer gallery and workspace over the next month. New this summer will be stainless steel jewelry - taking sculpture to a more intimate size. more >

“Orange in Motion” for the City of Orange/OCTA PublicArt Project for the Pedestrian Underpass at the Metrolink station will be installed this summer. Fabrication is now underway! more >

Mercy Medical Center, Merced, Ca.  24 paintings in 7 ethnically inspired themes. See completed paintings and those in creation at the studio. The smaller paintings of this series will be completed at the Sawdust Art Festival. more >

Photo Montage "Lens Stem, & Seeds", revisiting the still life. more >

"History Flight" and other art for the Kaiser Medical Center Downey. more >

For additional news on shows, awards, artwork and current projects go to marshscott.com >

Links
www.marshscott.com  Marsh Scott website
www.lagunabeachcity.net/arts/ City of Laguna Beach - Arts
www.artfulhome.com The Artful Home
www.sawdustartfestival.org Sawdust Art Festival – Summer Art Festival