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About the Artist Growing up in Southern New Jersey, a mostly flat region, devoid of vistas, valleys and sublime grandeur, I've nevertheless been intrigued and inspired by the simple, undulating lines of the landscape around me. I find something pleasing and engaging about the horizontal line. I find that our world is experienced in a relatively narrow, window of view running left and right, with the vertical line becoming an interruption, a tension to our natural tendency. In my paintings I experiment with the criss-crossing of treelines, edges of fields, riverbanks and sweeping clouds. Working in a small format, my pastels are applied, rarely with strokes, but by pushing, twisting and dragging, allowing for a certain amount of uncontrolled results and unexpected details to develop. The most successful works are often a surprise and become a gift to myself. Besides pastel painting, I have enjoyed an exciting professional design career spanning 30 years that includes signage, displays, interiors and advertising. My design firm, Marco Polo Design, specializes in website and graphic design as well as interactive presentations. Michael Scotko |
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