Come Visit the Studio: 
Artist Open Studios in Laguna Beach
Saturday, November 6th, 11am-4pm
At least 26 artist studios will be open for this self guided tour.

In November I will be in North Carolina for the "225° F: Encaustic Encounters" show opening (below). The studio will be open with guest artists:
Cherril Doty and Suzette Rosenthal who will be showing their work.
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Focus on "225° F: Encaustic Encounters" - Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
The artworks for this show were selected by curator Brooke Bower. They are all part of my "Earthprints" series. This series is about the relationships and patterns of the earth and life and how they are similar and interwoven. Handprints and leaf veins, erosion and layers of strata share similar repetition and form.

The first three rows on the encaustic painting page are the works that were selected for this show. They include new sculptures "Forest Houses" which are made from wood, gauze, rice papers that are monoprinted with leaves, encaustic and wire.

My explorations for this show were with the translucency of encaustics. In the "Quiet Footsteps" works I used silk, rice papers monoprinted with translucent leaf prints and gauze fused together with encaustic medium over my photographs of nature details.

In other works such as "Whispers", I used hand made tools to apply the encaustic in overlapping, translucent layers building up deeply textured surfaces.
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Commissions, Projects, Shows

Laguna Beach Artist Open Studios, 1st Saturday of each month, October-March. Art studios in Laguna will be open 11am - 4pm (including mine).
In November I will be in North Carolina for a show opening but the studio will be open with guest artists:
Cherril Doty and Suzette Rosenthal who will be showing their work.
Look for the red "Marsh Scott art studio OPEN TODAY" sign.

Mercy Medical Center, Merced, Ca. 24 paintings in production in the studio. Paintings are inspired for ethnic textiles and crafts. Come see the progress at the Artist Open Studio. Completed works include the paintings inspired by Yokut baskets, South American woven blankets, and ancient Mexican clay stamps. Installation January 2010.

225°F: Encaustic Encounters
A curated, invitational exhibition
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Main Gallery
Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
Nov 6th, 2009 - Feb 6th, 2010
This exhibition will focus on naturalistic themes from the work of exceptional, encaustic artists who challenge the established traditions of the media.

Oklahoma Experiment Station, Ardmore, OK
Public Art Project for Oklahoma State University.
The designs for the metal panels of this public art sculpture are currently being refined. Installation will be next summer. I am currently revising the drawing in CAD prior to making the model for the sculpture. Installation Summer 2010.

St Mark's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah
Metal sculpture featuring state symbols: rice grass, sego lily, and california gull in steel with a brown patina. This sculpture has just been completed and can be seen at the Open Studio prior to shipping. Sketch of sculpture to the left. Installation November 2009.

United Hospital Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia
I will be creating two suspended sculpture installations for this new hospital. One sculpture with a leaf theme will have aluminum leaves, brushed with color that will be visible through four atrium openings through three floors. The second installation will be for a three story stairwell and will be of a flock of birds that are flying upward in front of a wall of windows. These birds will be of cut and shaped aluminum with a brushed finish. Sketch of birds sculpture to the right. Installation June 2010.

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