 Scott Jennings is primarily known as William Scott Jennings
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An example of work by Scott Jennings
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Biography from AskART:
| Beginning his career as a commercial artist in Dallas, Nashville and
Sacramento, Scott Jennings became a noted plein-air painter of western
landscape. He was born in New Orleans, and was raised as a child
of an Air Force doctor, which meant many moves across the
country. He spent his early years in Florida, did high school in
North Carolina, studied for two years at the Harris School of
Advertising in Nashville, Tennessee, and then worked for commercial art
studios in Nashville.
Not liking to work for somebody besides himself, he moved to
Sacramento, California where he opened his own graphic design business and began painting
outside, especially in national parks. Later he said he was
"hooked" and was especially responsive to the instant gratification of
painting en-plein air. He says . . ."the West is where the color
is. The weather's better and there's something besides six shades
of green. It's where the big landscapes are." (99)
In his mid 20s, he inherited his grandmother's house in Dallas, Texas,
so he moved there, quit all commercial art, converted the garage into a
studio, and dedicated himself to fine-art painting. He found
gallery representation in Scottsdale and Santa Fe, and in 1981, he
moved to Taos, New Mexico for fifteen years, and then to Sedona,
Arizona.
Completing about 150 plein-air paintings a year and 15 to 20 ones too
large for that method, he uses both studio and outdoor painting
locations and works with a palette knife as well as brushes.
William Scott Jennings has won the Gold Ink Award for soft cover book
jacket design and was the first official "artist in residence" at the
Rocky Mountain National Park.
He earned the Award of Excellence
for Master Signature Members at the 14th Annual Oil Painters of America
National Show in May 2005.
Sources include:
Devon Jackson, "As Big as the Mountains", Southwest Art, May 2006, pp.96-99
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