Painter Marsh
Scott works on an encaustic painting in her Laguna Beach
studio. PHOTO BY
SUZANNE MAPES
Location: Laguna Canyon
The studio: Also along Laguna Canyon Road, a modern
working studio/gallery space located in a small cluster of
studios.
Years on the tour: Five.
Years as an artist: Since she was a little girl, but
full-time since 1986. She currently serves as president of the Board
of Directors for the Sawdust Art Festival.
Art forms: Encaustic painting (pigments mixed with melted
wax and resin) on wood panels, oil painting and metal sculpture
(when commissioned).
Former professions: Scott taught art at Foothill High
School in Tustin as well as Coastline College, and led a
community-based art program in Corona del Mar. She's also a mom of
grown twin sons.
Advice for budding artists: "Get educated. Study art
history. Learn the computer, and how to do Web sites. And you have
to like running a small business."
If you're an artistlooking for
inspiration, or you simply love art of various mediums, you can
drive to Laguna Beach any day of the week and peruse the city's 100
or so galleries.
But if you want to get a rare, behind-the-scenes look at how the
artists create their work and see where the magic happens, reserve
your ticket for the Sawdust Art Festival's 15th annual Artist Studio
Tour on Saturday, April 8.
The tour offers the chance to spend the day visiting the private
studios of 50 local artists, where you can watch them at work, ask
questions, and buy their art - from paintings, sculptures and
ceramics, to jewelry, furniture and handblown glass, to name a
few.
The studios themselves are as varied as the artists and the
mediums they create.
With the festival grounds acting as a home base, visitors will
travel by shuttle along three routes throughout the city. There's no
set schedule, and the shuttles run constantly, offering "hop on/hop
off" service, so you can pick and choose the studios you want to
visit. (We suggest you wear your walking shoes).
The event closes with a 5 p.m. reception on the festival grounds
and features appetizers, a wine tasting, live jazz music and a dance
performance.
Painter Marsh
Scott works on an encaustic painting in her Laguna Beach
studio.