| Jane Wooster Scott, among the world's foremost painters of American fold art, has won international acclaim with her colorful works reaching increasing numbers of admirers and collectors in Europe, Africa and Asia. Scott, who signs her canvases Wooster Scott. has expanded her horizons to Japan, Africa and Europe with exhibitions of her original oil paintings and brilliant serigraphs. Her popularity has spread to such nations as Portugal and Australia through permanent displays in American embassies as representational of American traditions. For a time, one of the artist's paintings graced the walls of the White House. She has had major shows in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta and other cities across the United states | Her paintings echo in the hearts and minds of all cultures as she depicts in a very human way America's celebrations of life, traditions and values. She catches moments in time in small towns, great cities, at festivals, sports, politics and in family relationships -- the panoply of a young country at the turn of the last century. She commits these images beautifully and unforgettably to canvas. Her soaring imagination, twice-told tales, exhaustive research and trips to antique locales enable her to make the American Dream spring to life through daring brush and vivid palette. |
