Scott B. Royston
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Artist name: Scott B. Royston
Birth date, birth place: February 2, 1974, Baltimore, Maryland
Subject matter for which known: Still Life, Trompe l’ Oeil
Style of work: Traditional Realism
Method/Mediums: Old Dutch Masters, hand-mixed oils and individually prepared panels and canvases.
Museum Exhibitions:
2008-2010 Smith Kramer Traveling Museum Exhibition:
“The New Reality: The Frontier of Realism in the 21st Century
2007-2009 Susan Kathleen Black Foundation’s “Blossom - Art of Flowers”
Houston Museum of Natural Sciences, Houston, TX
Solo Exhibitions:
2007 Dutch Old Master Still Life: Then and Now, McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MD
2004 Classical Still Life, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2003 Dutch Old Master Still Lifes, McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MD
2000 Classical Realism, McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MD
1997 World Trade Center, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD
Artists Biography:
Scott B. Royston, b. 1974, American
Born February 2, 1974 in Baltimore County, Maryland, Scott Royston was educated in the Baltimore County Public School System through the ninth grade. In September 1990, out of 500 applicants, he was one of ninety accepted into the Baltimore School for the Arts, located in downtown Baltimore City, and graduated in June 1993 with a degree in Visual Arts. It was during his junior year at the BSFA that he first learned of the Schuler School of Fine Arts and in the summer of 1992, he started attending their six-week summer session. In October 1994, he started full time at the school, including their night classes held two nights a week, and graduated in May 1998. He went on to complete his Graduate Year (fifth year) at Schulers in May 1999.
Driven to learn more, he sought out and attended various workshops, often from artists who had taught at the Schuler School in previous years. The artists with which he chose to pursue his skills included Schuler graduate and prior instructor, Jerome Atherholt, and artist and prior graduate, Will Wilson, who also came to the school to give demonstrations during the course of each school year. In addition, Scott studied three years from ’97 to ’99 under the direction of artist and former graduate of the Schuler School, Matt Zoll.
Scott has since cultivated the techniques and traditions of the Old Dutch Masters into paintings reflecting his own unique messages. His ability has not gone unnoticed, and he has been the recipient of numerous awards, including being a seven-time Finalist Winner in The Artist’s Magazine, twice selected in the Top Ten in International Artist’s Magazine competitions, a winner of the People’s Choice Award and Merit Award for Still Life, Salon International 2006. Scott’s paintings can be found in many private collections throughout the United States, as well as Canada and Scotland. He continues to broaden his scope of studies and knowledge of the arts through his travels, both within the states and abroad. Scott enjoys teaching selected private and group lessons, favorite topics are the techniques and painting traditions of the Dutch Old Masters.
Bibliography:
2006-07 International Artist Magazine, (December/January 2007 Issue No. 52
"FINE-TUNED DRAWING WITH A PAINT BRUSH" by Scott Royston
2006 Online Artist of the month, American Artist Magazine Artist, Dec. 2006
2005 “International Showcase of Award Winners”, International Artist Magazine, Aug-Sept
2004 Scott Royston, “Handing Over the Keys”, The Artist’s Magazine, August
2004 “On the Rise”, The Artist’s Magazine’s Special 20th Anniversary Issue, January
Special Awards:
2006 Finalist Winner Still Life (2), The Artist’s Magazine Annual Art Competition
2006 People’s Choice Award, Salon International
2006 Merit Award Still Life, Salon International
2006 Jury’s Top 50, Salon International
2006 Top Ten, International Artist Magazine Challenge 32: Flowers and Gardens
2005 Top Ten, International Artist Magazine Challenge 29: Still Life and Florals
2005 Still Life Award, First Annual International Guild of Realism Juried Exhibition
2005 Finalist Winner Still Life, The Artist’s Magazine Annual Art Competition
2004 Medal of Honor Oils, 76th Grand National Exhibit of the American Artists
2004 Honorable Mention Still Life, The Artist’s Magazine Annual Art Competition
2003 Finalist Winner Still Life, The Artist’s Magazine Annual Art Competition
2002 Finalist Winner Still Life, The Artist’s Magazine Annual Art Competition
2002 Rottler Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts, York Art Assoc. Rottler Award
2001 Finalist Winner Still Life, The Artist’s Magazine Annual Art Competition
2001 Honorable Mention, York Art Association’s 31st Open Juried Exhibition
2000 Finalist Winner Still Life, The Artist’s Magazine Annual Art Competition
2000 Second Place in Oil/Acrylic, York Art Association’s 30th Open Juried Exhibition
1999 Rottler Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts, York Art Assoc. Rottler Award
1998 Honorable Mention, York Art Association’s 92nd Spring Members’ Exhibit
1996 Best of Show, York Art Association’s 26th Open Juried Exhibition
1996 First Place in Oil/Acrylic, York Art Association’s 26th Open Juried Exhibition
Education:
1996-1999 Private study/workshops with Matt Zoll, Jerome Atherhold and Will Wilson
1994-1999 Schuler School of Fine Art, Baltimore, MD
1990-1993 Baltimore School for the Arts, Baltimore, MD
Affiliations:
2005-Present Associate, Arnot Art Museum
2004-Present Associate, International Guild of Realism
2001-Present Associate, Oil Painters of America
Selected Group Shows:
2008 International Guild of Realism's 3rd Annual Juried Show, Scottsdale Fine Arts
2007 Contemporary Still-life Show at the Winstanley Roark Fine Arts in Cape Cod
2007 25th Anniversary show in February 2007 at the Greenhouse Gallery
2007 International Guild of Realism's Summer Show, Winstanley Roark Fine Arts
2006 International Masters of Fine Art Invitational, International Museum of Contemporary
Masters, San Antonio, TX
2006 Salon International, Int’l Museum of Contemporary Masters, San Antonio, TX
2005 14th Annual Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils
Hilligoss Galleries, Chicago, IL
2005 First Annual International Guild of Realism Juried Exhibition, Pan Am Art Gallery, TX
2004 76th Grand National Exhibit of the American Artists Prof. League, Salmagundi Club, NY
2004 International Winter Salon Seventh Annual Group, Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, NY
2003 Trompe L’Oeil Interpretations, Century Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2002 York Art Association’s Rottler Award Selection Exhibit, York, PA
2001 York Art Association’s 31st Open Juried Exhibition, York, PA
2000 Exhibit III, Works by Maryland Artists, Government House, Annapolis, MD
1999 Autumn’s Bounty 14th Annual Group Show, McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MD
1999 York Art Association’s Rottler Award Selection Exhibit, York, PA
1998 York Art Association’s 92nd Spring Members Exhibit, York, PA
1996 National Small Oil Painting Exhibition, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS