SCOTT PRIOR

Scott Prior, Road at Sunrise, 2005, oil on panel, 22 1/2 x 12"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Dunes at Sunrise, 2006, oil on panel, 22 1/2 x 12"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Winter House, 2006, oil on panel, 18 x 12"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Max and Nellie, 2004-6, oil on panel, 28 x 20"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Fairgrounds at Night, 2006, oil on panel, 9 x 8 1/2"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Cups at Sunrise, 2006, oil on panel, 6 x 5 1/2" 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Ball at Sunrise, 2006, oil on panel, 8 1/2 x 8" (sold)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Community Garden at Sunrise, 2004-6, oil on panel, 32 x 74"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Still Life with Honey Bear, 2006, oil on panel, 22 x 20"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Picnic Table in Late Summer, 2005, oil on panel, 8 x 20"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Scott Prior, Cups in Sunlight, 2006, oil on panel, 12 x 11 1/2"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Flowers in a Cup, 2006, oil on panel, 8 1/2 x 8"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Path to Beach Houses, 2006, oil on panel, 10 x 10"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Nanny and Nellie, 2004-6, oil on panel, 28 x 20"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Path in Community Gardens, 2004, oil on panel, 34 3/4 x 19"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Dunes at Sunrise, 2005
 polymer intaglio with digital pigment ink
15 x 12" image size, 21 3/4 x 17" paper size, 25 1/2 x 22" framed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Cow, 2005
 polymer intaglio with digital pigment ink
11 3/4 x 10" image size, 18 1/2 x 15" paper size, 21 7/8 x 19 1/2" framed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Pumpkins, 2005
 polymer intaglio with digital pigment ink
8 1/4 x 8" image size, 15 3/8 x 13" paper size, 18 3/4 x 18" framed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Nanny Napping, 2005
 polymer intaglio with digital pigment ink
10 1/4 x 16 1/4" image size, 15 3/5 x 22" paper size, 211/2 x 26 1/4" framed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Pears, 2005
 polymer intaglio with digital pigment ink
13 1/2 x 13" image size, 20 x 18" paper size, 23 7/8 x 22 7/8" framed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Woods at Sunrise, 2005
 polymer intaglio with digital pigment ink
15 7/8 x 8" image size, 22 1/8 x 13" paper size, 26 1/4 x 17 7/8" framed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Ball in Winter, 2005
hand drawn and printed lithograph
18 x 13" image size, 27 3/4 x 21 3/4"  framed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Two Towels 
limited edition pigment print, (ed. 72)
13 x 12" image size, 23 x 17" paper size, 23 3/4 x 22 3/8"  framed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Flowers in Morning Window
limited edition pigment print (ed. 50)
20 x 15" image size, 23 x 17" paper size,  31 5/8 x 25 3/4" framed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Community Gardens
limited edition pigment print (ed. 50)
16 x 13" image size, 20 x 16" paper size,  26 1/2 x 23" framed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Apple Tree, 2004, monoprint
11 7/8 x 10 3/8" image size, 18 5/8 x 15 7/8" paper size,  22 1/8 x 20" framed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Community Garden, 2004, monoprint
14 7/8 x 13" image size, 21 5/8 x 18 3/8" paper size,  25 1/8 x 22 1/2" framed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Prior, Dirt Road in Fog, 2004, monoprint
28 1/4 x 14" image size, 35 x 19 1/2" paper size,  38 3/4 x 23 1/2" framed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Scott Prior is a master at painting the familiar in a way we have never seen before. Whether painting the figure, a landscape or a still life, it is the quality of light that makes his work distinct. Light itself is his main subject matter. He cleverly uses objects and settings that are instantly recognizable and familiar while avoiding the exotic or foreign. Therefore, his paintings have a stronger relationship to our everyday life.

    Scott Prior’s paintings can function on many levels. The first and most obvious is their lush beauty. one is compelled to rest in such lushness, but sometimes beauty alone cannot satisfy. Dig deeper to find true substance, for many meanings can exist within the same painting; a bucolic sunset becomes an omen...empty chairs become surrogates for the people who just moments ago sat in them. Ordinary moments are extended in his paintings; time is frozen so that the mystery can be discovered within the mundane.

    Scott Prior is one of the founding members of a group of painters referred to as the Valley Realists. He is a graduate from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst with a major in printmaking. He was a resident of the MacDowell Colony from 1974-76 and again from 1979-80. He has had numerous solo and group exhibits nationwide. Prior’s artwork is in many important public and private collections, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. He recently had a mid-career retrospective this fall at the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts.