Scott Lloyd Anderson

Scott Lloyd Anderson paints in the American Impressionist tradition of plein air landscapes.

"Mendota Wetland"
Oil 16 x 12
Sold

"Autumn Bulrushes"
Oil 10" x 8"
$850

"Morning Over Sister Bay"
Oil 12 x 20
$1,700

"Roman Ruins"
Oil 12 x 16
$1,500

Scott Lloyd Anderson

I use the language of landscape to express abstract notions about color, form, design—
and simply for the pleasing texture of paint on canvas.

In 2001, after 22 years as a magazine designer, Scott left the computer to go outside and paint. He soon discovered that nature never fails to reward and challenge an artist: constantly changing colors, light, and atmosphere. Cold and wind. And bugs.

He practices an approach to plein air painting that centers around the “prismatic palette,” a color theory with roots in fin de siecle France. He studied with Joseph Paquet in St. Paul, who had trained under John Phillip Osborne at the Ridgewood Art Institute in New Jersey. Osborne’s philosophy came from his training with Arthur Maynard, who learned under Frank Vincent Dumond, a renowned artist/teacher at the Art Students League in New York. Dumond had studied in the classical tradition at the Academie Julian in France, and was influenced by the new Impressionist ideas regarding color and light. Upon returning to America, Dumond taught in Old Lyme, Connecticut, which became a magnet for American landscape painters.

Scott incorporates the use of the prismatic color palette, an emphasis on accurate draftsmanship, and ideas about composition learned during years as an art director. His paintings are impressionistic in that they describe the unique character of a particular day’s weather and light, and realistic in their desire to show the world as it is.

Scott Lloyd Anderson Honors

First Place, Telluride Plein Air 2007

Paint the Parks Top 100, 2007

2nd Place, Grand Marais Plein Air, 2007

Best of Show, San Luis Obispo (CA) 2006 Plein Air Festival

Best in Show 2007, 2006, and Purchase Award 2006, Jaques Art Center Plein Air, Aitkin, MN

Judge, Grand Marais (MN) Art Colony Plein Air event 2006

People's Choice Award, Red Stallion Gallery, Estes Park Plein Air, August 2006

Second Place and Purchase Award, “Minnetonka Magic 2006” exhibition, Wilcock Gallery, Excelsior, MN

Honorable Mention, The American Landscape 2005, Maryland Federation of Art, curated by Stephen Dougherty, editor of American Artist magazine

First Place, Grand Marais Art Colony Plein Air, 2004, 2005

Collector’s Choice Award, Red Stallion Gallery, Estes Park Plein Air, 2005

Second Place, Paintings Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibtion, 2002

 Exhibitions


Autumn Celebration of Art, McBride Gallery, October 2007

A Russian Night in Taos, Taos Art Museum & Fechin House, August 2007

One-person show, Minneapolis Woman's Club, March-April 2007

“Drawn To Nature” juried exhibition, Bell Museum, University of Minnesota, 2006

Central Regional Exhibition, Oil Painters of America, 2005

Salon International juried exhibition, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX, 2005

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