JOHNNY CAKE STUDIO 2011-2012
Portraits of the Deep South Series
Portraits of the Deep South Series
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JOHNNY CAKE STUDIO PRESENTS THE CURRENT WORK OF NORTH AMERICAN ARTIST, MELISSA POPE SCOTT
Melissa Pope Scott is a story teller. Her original oil paintings are based on North American history and each piece presents a story. A South Florida native, Pope Scott currently resides in the southeastern coastal town of Darien, Georgia with her husband Bryce Baumgartner, a retired electrical engineer.
Having lived quite the urban life for 50 odd years, moving to the rural deep south in 2003 forced this artist to confront a new reality in the least developed, least populated county of the eastern seaboard. Pristine, undeveloped natural beauty of the land is not the only inspiration for her art; Pope Scott has found that a desire to understand the soul of the southern people has proven even more inspiring. Traditions die hard in the deep south, and many things have remained unaltered over 200-plus years......quite a difference from the hustle of richly endowed South Florida, so constantly in flux with the changes that a population of 6 million people from all over the world have wrought. The struggle to understand a completely different way of living did not come easily yet continues to reward the artist profoundly.
As a result of this examined life, this artist records the truth of the rural experience as she sees it. Her newest series is entitled, PORTRAIT OF THE DEEP SOUTH. Enjoy, and be nurtured by, this visit with art.
Having lived quite the urban life for 50 odd years, moving to the rural deep south in 2003 forced this artist to confront a new reality in the least developed, least populated county of the eastern seaboard. Pristine, undeveloped natural beauty of the land is not the only inspiration for her art; Pope Scott has found that a desire to understand the soul of the southern people has proven even more inspiring. Traditions die hard in the deep south, and many things have remained unaltered over 200-plus years......quite a difference from the hustle of richly endowed South Florida, so constantly in flux with the changes that a population of 6 million people from all over the world have wrought. The struggle to understand a completely different way of living did not come easily yet continues to reward the artist profoundly.
As a result of this examined life, this artist records the truth of the rural experience as she sees it. Her newest series is entitled, PORTRAIT OF THE DEEP SOUTH. Enjoy, and be nurtured by, this visit with art.
PORTRAIT OF THE DEEP SOUTH No. 1
(historic Grace Baptist Church)
2011
oil enamel on plexiglass
SOLD
THIS PAINTING HAS BEEN SELECTED TO HANG AT THE BUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART'S 75TH MIDYEAR EXHIBITION. THE BUTLER MIDYEAR IS A JURIED SHOW, SO LET'S CROSS FINGERS!
LOCATED IN YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, THE BUTLER WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1919 TO HOUSE AND SHOWCASE AMERICAN ART, EXCLUSIVELY. IT REMAINS THE ONLY MUSEUM IN THE WORLD TO DO SO. A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE BUTLER IS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE, AND THERE YOU WILL RECOGNIZE MANY OF AMERICA'S FINEST AND MOST CHERISHED WORKS BY WELL KNOWN AMERICAN ARTISTS. I AM HONORED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. SHOW OPEN'S JUNE 26TH AND RUNS THROUGH AUGUST 28, 2011. SEE YOU THERE!
PORTRAIT OF THE DEEP SOUTH No. 2
(slave marriage in the nineteenth century)
oil enamel on clay board
2011
$1200.00
For inquiries, please email the artist at: mps18@mac.com
DYLAN AND MANDELA VISIT MOUNT DORA
oil enamel on clayboard
2011
SOLD
PORTRAIT OF THE DEEP SOUTH No. 4
(Lila Mae Bennett of Sumter, South Carolina)
oil enamel on clayboard
2005 (recipient of the Jack Richeson Art Award, NYC)
$3300.00
For inquiries, please contact the artist at: mps18@mac.com
