Scott Addis
Artist Bio/Statement
Scott Addis was born and raised in a small rural community just south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - coal country - and now lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with his family. His first teacher was his father, who took him hunting and fishing in the Laurel Mountains and also spent hours sketching and drawing with him, both in nature and from pictures taken in the mountains around their home.
As a young adult, Addis joined the US Navy and later settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. There, he took classes in drawing, composition, and painting. He studied at the University of Cincinnati under the guidance of a local artist, Greg Storer, and took classes at the Cincinnati Art Club. As a student, Addis found inspiration in the works of George Inness, Joseph Mallard William Turner, James McNeil Whistler, Claude Monet, and others. He drew from works he liked and could find at the Cincinnati Art Museum, as well as working from life.
Addis made his professional debut at Rottinghaus Gallery in Cincinnati, then Clossons Cincinnati, at the time one of the oldest and most established galleries in the Midwest. Since those days, his career has flourished and is now represented by excellent galleries throughout North America.