“The Observers” by Scott Musgrove, whose art can be seen this month at Cloud City Coffee, 8801 Roosevelt Way N.E.
If you’ve been to Cloud City Coffee this month, you’ve likely noticed the art now on display, such as “The Observers,” pictured above.
The showing at 8801 Roosevelt Way N.E. features the works of local artist Scott Musgrove, a Pinehurst resident who “is a central figure in today’s rising Pop Surrealism art movement,” according to a new release.
His works will be on display through the end of the month, and you best appreciate it while you can. Musgrove already has had the coffee table book “The Late Fauna of Early North America” published, and his works have been showcased in New York City and Los Angeles, with a solo show coming up in Rome in 2012.
Learn more about Musgrove from the following news release:
About Scott’s Art
Artist Scott Musgrove may be local but he has connections to obscure places. In his oil painting series “The Late Fauna of Early North America,” Scott unearths previously undiscovered animals through a dedicated (and scientifically discredited) practice of zoological impressionism. A lonestar in the field, he ventures where the gray-maned, khaki-clad, anthropologists have not – tunneling beneath freeways and ditch-combing along the rough borders of American mini-malls, in search of undiscovered and, up to this point, extinct animals.In his North Seattle studio Scott creates an entire world that includes oil paintings (often with unique antique frames and custom gold engraved nameplates), large scale bronzes, carved wooden sculptures, watercolors, ink drawings and pencil renderings from the field. He refuels at Cloud City on a daily basis, enjoying the $1 drip and the parade of peculiar mutts.
Scott’s recent book, “The Late Fauna of Early North America,” features lush, highly detailed landscapes and up-close encounters with all manner of strange and beautiful creatures. His unorthodox research methods combined with his facility with paint and color result in a fascinating survey of what might have been in North America, if not for the invasion of pernicious settlers.
