Richard C. Scott

Richard C. Scott, born 1968, is a South African artist working from Melkbosstrand, Cape Town. His Paintings, have been exhibited worldwide, including Leuven in Belgium, London England and Zurich Switzerland. He started his professional career in 2002 with no formal art training. His work exhibits some characteristics that May Be associated with the 1960s Pop Art movement, yet it defies simplistic categorisation, oscillating as it does between naively decorative and SUPER Contemporary Art. His vision is personal and reflective. Though his images sometimes Appear simplistic, they form a complex and coherent whole. Using a variety of painting, sculpture, drawing and graphic media, he borrows images from the world of popular and consumer culture to convey his social, [...] and perceptual messages. Cars, planes, flowers, children, [...] women, male genitals, lighthouses and African animals combine to form his personal iconography. He constantly modifies and re-examines old imagery, but when viewed in terms of IDeaS rather than chronology, the stylistic cohesion of his work becomes apparent.