AMERICAN MASTER
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BIOGRAPHY
American Master Valerie Scott
Van Inwegen studied fine art at the University of Arizona and then at the
New York Phoenix School of Design (now Known as Pratt-Phoenix). Training
at the Phoenix was strictly classical academe, with teachers who were
artists in their own right. Her extraordinary talent was acknowledged
immediately in both institutions and rewarded with numerous scholarships
and grants. Her education included exposure to Bob Peak, Dean Cornwell,
Norman Rockwell and Jim Spanfeller. Her extensive knowledge of anatomy is
accredited to her studies with Stephen Rogers Peck, the author of "Anatomy
for the Artist". Valerie attributes her technical maturation to her good
friend and mentor Charles Alton Pfahl (a protégée of John Koch and Robert
Brackman) and her love affair with light to Vermeer, Carrivaggio and John
Singer Sargent.
Valerie's superior training provided her with the ability to work in virtually every medium, and although she prefers oils and pastels, to this day she will challenge herself by working in graphite, watercolor and egg tempera. But while her skills and range can be said to be the result of her education, her exquisite style, choice of subject matter and extraordinary drive are more a result of her cherished family tier. Having grown up a member of a particularly devoted and loving family, Valerie achieved maturity with a heightened sense of nostalgia. As her elders passed on, Valerie painted with a vengeance the generations of antiques that were left to her - bridges to memories of a simpler time in a more elegant age. Viewed collectively, Valerie's work is truly a celebration of life and love.
Valerie, who is the mother of two lovely daughters who often model for her, lives with her husband (and sometimes frame maker) Ben Van Inwegen, in Thompson Ridge, New York. Part of her spacious studio, resplendent with family heirlooms and beloved north light, will soon be converted into a (by appointment) gallery.
GALLERIES
V SCOTT V STUDIOS
10 County Road 17
Thompson Ridge, New York
10985
Previously represented by:
Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, NY
The Lily Pad Gallery,
Charlestown, Rhode Island
Gregory Galleries, Darien,
Connecticut
Windbourne Gallery, Darien, Connecticut
Driscoll-Ashmore
Galleries, Vermillion, South Dakota
Tom Jones Gallery, Westwood, New
Jersey
Boca Raton Hotel, Boca Raton, Florida
Montgomery Galleries,
Monterrey, California (under auspices of Grand
Central)
Greenwich Workshop, Greenwich, Connecticut
EXHIBITIONS
Allied Artists
Salmagundi Club
North East Watercolor
Society
Hudson Valley Art Association
Pastel Society of
America
Knickerbockers Arts Association
Founders Exhibition, Grand
Central Art Galleries
AWARDS
Hudson Valley Art Association Award 1984
Stanford White Memorial
Award (Salmagundi Club) 1988
The Steven Blackman Award 1984
The
Salmagundi Club Award 1981, 1982, 1982
The Gwynne Lennon Prize
1981
The American Artists Professional League 1983
COLLECTIONS
The work of V Scott V hangs in many private residences throughout the United States and England. Her works also hang in the following corporate collections:
Dunkirk Ice Cream, Dunkirk, New York
Spaulding Electric, Detroit,
Michigan
Port Huron Electric, Port Huron, Michigan
ORGANIZATIONS
Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
Hudson Valley
Art Association, Westchester County, New York
North East Watercolor
Society
American Artists Professional League
Knickerbockers Art
Association
Valerie is regularly called upon to judge art exhibits in the New York, New England area. She has judged the Greenwich Village Outdoor Show for many years.