Shauna Scott explores connection and communication via her portraits in acrylic and drawings in pencil and ink.  Through intuitive practice, she investigates the commonality of being human and our place in the world at large. To depict recognizable emotions, needs and desires is to understand that we are all the same.  We want our loved ones to be safe and happy.  We crave security and simple moments of joy.

Scott was inspired by an early career as an Emmy® Award winning photojournalist. She traveled the world producing a weekly television series that highlighted humanitarian efforts in Third World and developing nations. She documented humans nurturing each other. She observed whole communities seeking shelter under the branches of massive trees.

When she visited the ancient giant trees of the Pacific Northwest, Scott branched out, and trees began to grow on her canvases. She also continues to investigate the profundity of human connection through portraiture. There is comfort in a touch, delight in a smile, and innocent pleasure in mundane moments of being.  We find peace in the shade.

Shauna Scott is a SLC native who was born an artist and maker. She could draw stick figures before she could speak. An early life of portraits in pencil was followed by a move to illustration in ink during college. Additionally, a BA in Theatre taught Shauna how to build a set, act on it, and strike it afterwards. Faux finishing, and building flats are still part of her skill set. 

World travel as an Emmy Award© winning television documentarian inspired her to paint. Her first show in 2010 was a study in portraiture titled "Faces".

“Downpour” saw Shauna move into the abstract and surreal in 2019. Pour painting backdrops and finding the hidden images was a joy of discovery. Brushwork on top of the pours defined the subject. This was the first time she was forced to let go of control of the art and allow it to happen. 

A visit to the great trees of the California coast and the Pacific North West inspired a move to the region.  Now based in Bremerton, WA and surrounded by green spaces and magnificent trees, Shauna has found new inspiration from the backyard Cherry Tree to mammoth sequoias and redwoods.