From Scott's Perspective - Original and Commissioned Paintings

07/18/2025

Here's another wildlife/landscape painting that I did this week.
Years ago I was looking at a topo map of Allegany County in search of potential turkey hunting/camping spots, and found this place. Although it's on the C&O Canal Nat'l Historic Park, and thus off limits to hunting, it's a really cool spot on the floodplain beside the Potomac River. The canal, which is frequently right beside the river, is a couple of hundred yards away.
During the spring, before the mosquitoes become overwhelming, the peepers, tree frogs and bullfrogs are almost deafeningly loud as night falls. Even during a drought, there is usually water in the swamp, which is home to waterfowl and other birds.
It's one of my favorite places in Maryland.
This is painted on an 18" x 24" gallery wrapped canvas, and is titled, Wood Ducks Resting in the Swamp at Bonds Landing".
I will post this on my personal and business pages, and on my website: www.fromscottsperspective.com

07/17/2025

Here's my latest painting. For this one, I found inspiration after noticing that all of the corn fields here in Central MD are thick and healthy due to the rains which have broken our drought.

Once summer dwindles down, the corn will brown. Deer have an easy life when the corn is high. They can spend all day in it, and get everything they need...food, cover, usually water close by, and does.

This is painted with acrylics on an 11" x 14" stretched canvas. I worked from a reference photo that I took a few years ago, and then dropped in the deer. Instead of using brushes, I used my pallet knife to render everything but the buck. I did use my brush for the deer. This is titled, "A Buck Bedded in the Corn."

Forgive me for the redundancy, but I have been updated my business page, so I'll post this on both my personal and business pages. I've also been working on updating my website: www.fromscottsperspective.com

07/14/2025

The Water World Exhibit kicked off at Manor Mill Gallery in Monkton, MD last Saturday. It was very well attended, and the artwork was wonderful.

When I was invited to display 6 of my paintings, I was experiencing a family crisis...my daughter, who lives in Atlanta, had a challenging childbirth. As a result, my new Grandson was in the beginning of a months-long stay in the NICU.

I have a friend here locally who is a NICU nurse, and I called her to discuss my Grandson's situation. As our conversation was winding down, my friend told me about a mission trip that she and others from Hopkins, had taken to Africa. While they were there, they had helped to dig an irrigation well for the community they visited.

That made a light go off in my head, and I reached out to Brad Blair, the curator for Manor Mill, and proposed that I create another painting spotlighting the efforts of the Water Wells For Africa charity. He graciously accepted. I contacted the Water Wells for Africa organization to get permission to do a painting using a reference photo from their website.

Not only did they accept, but the Water Wells For Africa charity decided to sponsor the the Water World Exhibition. They are a great group that performs a much needed service to unpriviledged communities. You can learn more about them from their website: https://waterwellsforafrica.org/

I have donated the painting, and Manor Mill has agreed to take a generous reduction from their normal commission.

Here is the painting that I created, which shows the local people enjoying clean water for drinking and irrigation purposes. It is on a 2ft x 3ft canvas, and is titled, "Water Well in Njoka, Malawi Africa".

You can find the pricing on my website: www.fromscottsperspective.com

(FYI: My Grandson seems to be doing fine, and I'm looking forward to visiting them next week.)

07/11/2025

I will have 7 paintings in the Water World Exhibition at Manor Mill Gallery in Monkton, MD, beginning tomorrow, July 12 - thru August 17th.

Here are some of them. They all depict scenes from around Maryland.

I have been working on a total update of my art website. Please check it out!

www.fromscottsperspective.net

07/10/2025

I've been working on a series of paintings of bees pollinating flowers. Here are some recent ones that I've completed.

08/06/2022

My daughter, Becca, got married to Kieran Martin last Sunday. Here is the first picture of the happy couple! Congratulations to them!

12/09/2021

I've been receiving commissions to paint a number of portraits this holiday season. Here are 3 I've delivered (plus I've promised to finish some others before Christmas). The painting are all done using acrylic paints on canvas board, using reference photos. The toddler portrait is an 11" x 14". I had to brighten her face to bring out details. The man with his dog sitting in the convertible was an 8" x 10". That one presented a challenge of giving depth to the shading of the car contours. Finally, the family portrait was 24" x 30", and demanded attention to the subtle differences in their complexions.

10/29/2021

It's holiday gift-giving season. If you're looking for a unique, one-of-a-kind present, you might consider a custom-portrait on a glass Christmas Ball. I can do people, pets and animals.

Here are some of the dogs I recently did (I can't post the others for fear of spoiling the surprise).

What's up with the cat lovers? I haven't done any of them recently.

Many of the custom paintings I've done are actually "memorial" paintings of loved ones who've passed.

Those will bring a tear to the eyes every year.

09/02/2021

I received all 3 of my first t-shirts printed with my designs. They're on sale at my ETSY page: FromScottsPerspectiv.

08/13/2021

08/01/2021

Here's my latest plein aire painting showing the Masemore Rd bridge over the Gunpowder River in Gunpowder Falls St Pk. It's an 8"x10" acrylics on canvas board.

07/29/2021

This is an 11" x 14" acrylics on canvas board, plein aire painted on location (and did the finishing touches at home) at the beautiful old mansion called Liriodendron, which now serves as an artist hangout in Bel Air, MD.