Lindsay Scott is a naturalist artist, or an artistic naturalist. Either way you slice it, she knows her subjects: wildlife and nature. As is often the case with wildlife artists, a love of nature, a penchant for accuracy, and a natural artistic ability form their careers. Scott’s ease with the natural world is evident in many ways, and her impressionistic/realistic art is a direct descendant of her passion for wildlife and accuracy. Her success as an artist, on the other hand, is a result of tenacity, ability, and confidence.

Lindsay Scott (New Zealand)

Bravado
Oil
60” by 34”
“This how I like to paint—large bold images, but still using my particular palette of softer colors and light. I enjoyed working on the interplay of warm and cool colors and, as with all my wildlife paintings, they are portraits of particular animals. This handsome fellow is from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. One of the many things I learned from Bob Kuhn is, when you paint a particular species, try to make it the best example of that species.”

Lindsay Scott (New Zealand)

Mzee
Oil
40” by 56”
“I have always like working on large paintings. My work at art school was mostly large. Then, seeing the work of John singer Sargent in the flesh just blew me away. Reproductions, which are all I had seen studying art history in Africa, just cannot capture the breathtaking impact and scale of the real thing. Elephants truly lend themselves to being painted large.”