Scott Saw creates vibrant,
energetic paintings where dreams and current surroundings
cross-pollinate with childhood memories and subconscious
interpretations of the afterlife. His work entangles birth,
life and death and explores the relationship between the
physical and spiritual worlds. Saw's paintings have been
regarded as romanticized gothic landscapes of nature, misfits
and oddities. Scott self-published his first art book titled “Curtains,
the Wonder of Life and the Mystery of Death.” The
work provides a unique view of the life cycle by portraying ‘stages'
of life being acted out by strange, yet familiar creatures.
In the words of artist/musician David J, “Through
these works, we, as the captive audience, are privy to
the sacred masquerade of life and death. The holy eternal
charade.” The book and other merchandise may be purchased
at www.scottsaw.com. The book is also available through
Last Gasp.
A follow up project titled "Flipside" resulted
in Scott's second self published book. This body of work
celebrates the coming of his first child and all work was
created while that child developed in utero. The work explores
how this soul may have come into being and provides a subconscious
glimpse of an ethereal existence where spirits roam freely
through the warped fabric of space and time.
More recently Scott created a series of paintings
titled Microcosm that was introduced at his solo show in
Palm Springs at M Modern Gallery during the summer of 2006.
The paintings were created during the first months of his
new son Kai’s life. They are full of iconography relating
to space, nature and technology. Rockets take the form of
birds and fish, cities grow into tree-like structures and
robots have tree trunk torsos. This series has lead to Scott's
3rd self published book.
Saw was born in 1971 and raised in San Diego,
California by artistic parents who encouraged him to learn
the fundamentals of art and design at a young age. Scott
received a degree in Art and Marketing from San Diego State
University in 1998. He currently runs Sawblade Design, a
freelance design company and lives in San Diego, California
with his wife, son, dog and cats.