Marcus Scott

Joined Artfinder: March 2014

Artworks for sale: 36

(7)

United Kingdom

About Marcus Scott

 
 
  • Biography
    I was bought up in the literary worlds of Tolkien, Grimm and Stephen King to name but a few. The realms of Fangorn and Lothlorien, the stories of the Black Forest and the unending wooded landscape of northern Maine spoke to me of vast, secret domains, dark, dangerous and forbidding.

    As a grown man, it came as a shock to realise the landscapes that featured so heavily in those stories from my childhood were not make-believe after all
    but all around us.

    Somewhere in even the smallest wood there is a spot where the world of fairy breaks through into our own. You may only be yards from a road but close your eyes and listen. If you’re lucky you will hear the hoot of one of John Ronald Reuel’s Ents, if you’re
    unlucky, that quiet breathing in your ear is a Lovecraftian demon behind you...

    I guess I’m still in touch with my inner child, the one that remembers the thrill of being scared by the monsters in the closet and the creature under the bed.
    Because, to be adult does not mean to bury imagination, to forget those stories that now define us but to embrace them and accept they are a part of what makes us individual and helps us to forge our own path through the deep dark wood.
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    Event: Breckland Artists @ Anteros

    Dates: 7 Aug 2014 - 21 Aug 2014

    Venue: Anteros, Fye Bridge Street, Norwich

    The BA Summer show will be in the beautiful medieval main hall of Anteros Gallery in Norwich.

    Event: Inspired By Birds

    Dates: 12 Jul 2014 - 31 Aug 2014

    Venue: Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Castle Hill, Norwich, NR1 3JU

    Running in support of the Castle Museums major summer exhibition, 'The Wonder of Birds', this open show is in the Timothy Gurney Gallery from Saturday 12 July - Sunday 31 August 2014.

    Event: Breckland Artists Spring Show

    Dates: 7 Jun 2014 - 21 Jun 2014

    Venue: Kings Lynn Arts Centre, 29 Kings Street, Kings Lynn, Norfolk

    The first of 3 BA shows this year, exhibiting at Kings Lynn Art Centre for a fortnight.

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There are no upcoming events

Show previous events Hide previous events

Previous events

Event: Breckland Artists @ Anteros

Dates: 7 Aug 2014 - 21 Aug 2014

Venue: Anteros, Fye Bridge Street, Norwich

The BA Summer show will be in the beautiful medieval main hall of Anteros Gallery in Norwich.

Event: Inspired By Birds

Dates: 12 Jul 2014 - 31 Aug 2014

Venue: Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Castle Hill, Norwich, NR1 3JU

Running in support of the Castle Museums major summer exhibition, 'The Wonder of Birds', this open show is in the Timothy Gurney Gallery from Saturday 12 July - Sunday 31 August 2014.

Event: Breckland Artists Spring Show

Dates: 7 Jun 2014 - 21 Jun 2014

Venue: Kings Lynn Arts Centre, 29 Kings Street, Kings Lynn, Norfolk

The first of 3 BA shows this year, exhibiting at Kings Lynn Art Centre for a fortnight.


 

Biography

I was bought up in the literary worlds of Tolkien, Grimm and Stephen King to name but a few. The realms of Fangorn and Lothlorien, the stories of the Black Forest and the unending wooded landscape of northern Maine spoke to me of vast, secret domains, dark, dangerous and forbidding.

As a grown man, it came as a shock to realise the landscapes that featured so heavily in those stories from my childhood were not make-believe after all
but all around us.

Somewhere in even the smallest wood there is a spot where the world of fairy breaks through into our own. You may only be yards from a road but close your eyes and listen. If you’re lucky you will hear the hoot of one of John Ronald Reuel’s Ents, if you’re
unlucky, that quiet breathing in your ear is a Lovecraftian demon behind you...

I guess I’m still in touch with my inner child, the one that remembers the thrill of being scared by the monsters in the closet and the creature under the bed.
Because, to be adult does not mean to bury imagination, to forget those stories that now define us but to embrace them and accept they are a part of what makes us individual and helps us to forge our own path through the deep dark wood.