Scott Anthony NWS

California Artist

Scott began painting in watercolor during his first year at Dartmouth College in 1966. Within a year, a local Hanover, NH gallery approached him to offer to sell his paintings. His landscape painting was a perfect compliment to his chosen major in Biology specializing in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. His motivation for painting was always and still is his deeply felt desire to share with others the beauty and unity of the natural world.

While attending graduate school at Princeton, Scott painted in his spare time, and was elected to the New Jersey Water Color Society. He also attended the National Academy Of Design in New York for half a year and studied watercolor with the late Mario Cooper, past president of the American Watercolor Society.

After moving to San Francisco in 1974, he continued to paint landscape and seascape, especially the spectacular Northern California coastline and nearby countryside. The old buildings, boats, and wharfs of San Francisco also appealed to him, particularly late in the afternoon when the warm light creates a wonderful play of light, dark, and color. He was elected a signature member of the National Watercolor Society in 1977, and won a purchase award from the Laguna Museum of Art in the NWS Annual juried show that year.

Scott is a software developer and worked for Access Softek in Berkeley, CA from 1999 until 2006 as well as on a variety of other independent contract software projects. He now paints as often as he can and plays his banjo and guitar as much as possible. He is also the leader of the nationally known Golden Gate Rhythm Machine, a traditional (Dixieland) jazz band in San Francisco.

A few years ago, Scott began to take up playing guitar and, because he enjoys "doing it myself," built an archtop jazz guitar from scratch. This beginning led to, now, more than 30 custom instruments built and being played by almost as many musician clients. A website devoted to these "Golden Gate Rhythm Machines" is under construction.

Acrylic Paintings and Watercolors (click here to see)

Since building his house near Mt. Shasta, Scott has painted the mountain many times, attracted by the almost unbelievable range of color and mood that the mountain provides. He also gets many ideas from the numerous trips he makes to the Pacific Northwest, the mountains of central and southern California, and the desert Southwest to play at jazz festivals with his and other bands.


Last Light On Shasta
Acrylic on Masonite, 24" X 16"
Sold October, 2001, Private Collection

Silkscreen Prints (click here to see)

In 1979 Scott was approached by the Richard Mann Gallery of Los Angeles to produce Serigraphs (silkscreen prints) of selected paintings. These prints were published by Palm Editions, a subsidiary of the Richard Mann Gallery. Within a couple of years, Fidelity Arts, also based in Los Angeles, took over the agreement, and Scott continued to produce silkscreen prints and paintings for the next 5 or 6 years.

Most of the approximately 30 original, hand-printed, hand-color-separated Serigraphs to be offered for sale online can be seen by clicking here.

If you have any questions, or would like to purchase an item, please send me an email to santh@pacbell.net

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