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Fine Art
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William Scott Jennings has been a professional artist since 1973. He
began his career in commercial art; gallery exposure began in 1976; and by
1978 he was showing his work in
Jennings is a Master Signature Member of the Oil Painters of America
(OPA-M) and a Signature Member of the Laguna Plein Air Painters
Association (LPAPA) and the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP).
Feature articles about Jennings’ work have appeared in Art of the
West Magazine, Southwest Art Magazine, Focus Magazine Santa Fe
and Art Business News as well as features and
cover art in American Artist Magazine, International Artist
Magazine and The Artist’s Magazine.
Jennings
was a participating artist in the national museum exhibition, "From
Sea to
Scott was chosen as the show poster artist for the Sedona Plein Air 2005 and the Telluride Plein Air 2004. He was the guest speaker at the 2004 Desert Plein Air show in La Quinta, CA and taught a plein air workshop as part of the event.
The
2005 Oil Painters of America National Show awarded Jennings the
Award of Excellence for Master Signature Members for his painting of
the Grand Canyon titled, "The Mystical Canyon". It is the top award for
Master Signature members. The OPA's 10th Annual National Show
awarded Jennings the Founders’ Award for his painting “Winter Sun”,
and in 2004 he received the Masters Merit Award. The 2001
Laguna Beach Plein Air Invitational awarded Scott an honorable
mention for his painting “Sunset on Crystal Cove. Scott also received
best of show at the 1999 Impressionaire Show at
the PGA West Country Club in La Quinta, CA and honorable mention in 2000.
The PBS television series, The Artists Workshop featured Mr.
Jennings as he produces a plein air painting for the fourth episode in the
2001 line up. His painting “The Red Wall” was chosen as the cover art
for
The
1998 Arts for the Parks Show named
Two of Jennings’ paintings have been used as cover art for books: A Roadside Guide to Rocky Mountain National Park and most recently, Physical Geology, a college textbook. In 1989, Scott participated in the first of several group shows in the major cities of Japan. His work consistently sold throughout the country. The 1988 festival celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act commissioned Jennings to produce a poster for the event. In 1986 Scott spent a month as the guest artist of Rocky Mountain National Park and was the first painter given the honor of ‘Artist in Residence’ of RMNP. The 1985 Wilderness Art Exhibit in Fort Collins, CO chose Jennings’ “The Elk Range” as the show poster for the event. Scott won three top awards at the 1984 New Mexico Professional Art Exhibit and the painting is now part of the collection of the New Mexico State Capitol in Santa Fe.
Notable collectors include Ford Motor Company, Christopher Forbes,
William Shatner, Congressman David Dreier, Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn. |
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All material and images
copyright W. Scott Jennings 2000-2008. All Rights Reserved. |
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