Background
Iris Scott was born May 26, 1984, in Maple Valley, Washington, United States to a family of hippie. Her mother is a piano teacher, and her father is a custom cabinet maker.
Iris Scott working in her studio in a company of her cat Foxy.
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States
The aerial view of Washington State University where Iris Scott received her diploma in painting in 2006.
4001 700 E #700, Salt Lake City, UT 84107, United States
Western Governors University where Iris Scott received her Master of Arts degree in teaching in 2009.
Iris Scott in latex gloves near one of her finger paintings.
Iris Scott
Iris Scott in latex gloves near one of her finger paintings.
Iris Scott with her cat Foxy.
Iris Scott at work.
Iris Scott working on her paintings.
Iris Scott with a dog.
Iris Scott at work.
Iris Scott was born May 26, 1984, in Maple Valley, Washington, United States to a family of hippie. Her mother is a piano teacher, and her father is a custom cabinet maker.
Iris Scott developed a passion for art since her early years. Raised in a farm home environment along with her sister, she took inspiration for her first drawings from nature observing exotic parrots, reptiles, wild baby animals, cats, dogs, rabbits, and pet mice raised by her parents.
In 2006, she received her Bachelors of Fine Arts in painting from Washington State University.
Although Scott is an accomplished artist, she didn’t stop to develop her skills both in drawing and painting. She has explored many painting techniques from Universities and art academies, such as Accademia Italiana in Florence, Italy, including charcoal, pastels, watercolors, and oil, she also did her studies in Taiwan where she discovered finger painting for the first time.
Scott obtained her Master of Arts degree in Teaching from Western Governors University in 2009.
The start of Iris Scott’s career can be counted from the late 2000s. Since 2010, the artist adopted the technique of finger painting in which she achieved success both as its representative and its contributor. The main media of Scott are watercolor, acrylic, clay, charcoal, and pastels.
In 2014, the artist settled down in New York City where she established a studio in the third floor of a former mattress factory in Brooklyn.
In addition to painting, Scott has tried her hand in academics. However, the creative process prevailed on her, and she quickly abandoned teaching art classes. In 2016, she published a self-learning workshop book ‘Finger Painting Weekend Workshop’ in which she described the main principles of finger painting. The volume, as well as several free videos, are available on her website. The publication of a new educational book is planned for 2020.
Nowadays, Scott’s art is represented by many art galleries in of New York City and San Diego, including Filo Sofi Arts.
Fushia Shamanka
Madam Saluki
Pursuing Pigeon in Paint
Stormy Splendor Dragon Ember
The Visitor
Aquarius (Embellished Artist's Proof)
I of the Needle
House of Moon and Trees (Embellished Artist's Proof)
Whitetail Deer (Embellished Artist's Proof)
Helios Sunflower (Embellished Artist's Proof)
The Ion the Stitch and the Windows (Embellished Artist's Proof)
Foxy (Embellished Artist's Proof)
Egyptian Triptych (Embellished Artist's Proof)
Foxfire (Embellished Artist's Proof)
Chicken of the Sea (Embellished Artist's Proof)
To Melt the Veil
Sofia Returns
Geisha
Georgia's Sister
Miss Gibbons and The Scarf
Midnight in Gowanus
Lake Washington Blvd
Mini Cooper Oncoming
Whispering Wheat
Keoladeo
Tiger Fire
Batman
Tabby's Star
Arctos
The Discussion
Iris Scott believes that the practice is an essential thing for those who want to achieve success in art. The painter says, that the love for one's work is more important for her than the financially successful career.
Quotations:
"There’s nothing between me and the paint and I feel all the tiny nuances. I can manipulate thick paint with my fingers in ways brushes never could."
"I want my paintings to be both an escape from our everyday life, and an intensification of the recognizable."
"But humans did not invent art or beauty. A hundred million years before the Earth contained anything resembling a person, early flowers were in full bloom, beckoning busy-bee visitors, and dinosaurs were spreading their – feathers! – not for flight but for beauty."
"The modern Art World, although it has undoubtedly resulted in some amazing artifacts, is distorted because it’s built on separation, not love, which is a problem. I know that it’s built on separation because most art by today’s wonderful, successful, living painters is intentionally inaccessible to the public. Affordable reproductions of contemporary art are rarely sold and fake scarcity is created with numbered prints. Metaphorically, it is often so abstruse that it requires a detailed explanation to appreciate."
"I am not here because I went to the right art school. I am here because the art I make resonates with the child in every human being – our inherent instincts about beauty – and this resonance is amplified by the democratizing power of the Internet."
"We have to think of animals as equals: like us, they are divine beings. Enlightened humans already understand this and indulge."
"The next rebellion will be a non-rebellion. I want to be the champion of beautiful, non-rebellious art."
The creative process of Iris Scott has its particularities. So, she wakes up early and works on her canvases until the end of the day. She often orders food in order not to pause for cooking. The artist paints barefoot with music playing aloud and accompanied by her cat Foxy.