Scott Jeffs Fine Art

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Biography


Scott Jeffs was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He spent many of his summer vacations in the Utah mountains sketching and painting the scenery surrounding his grandparent’s cabin. After graduating from high school he lived in Japan, then moved to Portland, Oregon in 1977. He graduated from Marylhurst College with a Bachelors degree in Art. He has worked for Oregon Health & Science University as a graphic designer and illustrator since 1983.

Scott’s distinctive and award-winning pencil studies began in his first college art class. When given the assignment of studying and experimenting with the style and technique of a favorite master, he chose the pencil and chalk drawings of Michelangelo. The school purchased one of his drawings and hosted his first one-man show.

He strives for simplicity of composition in both his pencil drawings and his more recent pastel landscapes where he uses a limited color palette along with light and tonal value to create mood and reflection.

Scott’s pencil drawings and pastel landscapes can be seen at juried festivals and one-man and group exhibits. Please contact him for information on upcoming showings or for prices of original work and prints.

 

Exhibitions

           

UPCOMING SHOWS:

Art in the Pearl, Portland, Oregon,Labor Day Weekend, 2008

Salem Art Fair & Festival, Salem Oregon, July 18-20, 2008

PREVIOUS EXHIBITS:      
           
1993   One-Man Show, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 1990-
2001
 

Audubon Society of Portland, Wild Arts Festival
Juried Artist - Drawings

           
1995   One-Man Show, Roseburg, Oregon 2000-
2003
  Art in the Pearl, Portland, Oregon
Juried Artist - Drawings
           
1996   One-Man Show, Lake Oswego, Oregon 2002   One-Man Show, Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon
           
1999   Festival of the Arts, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Juried Artist - Drawings
2007  

Art in the Pearl, Portland, Oregon

      2007   Audubon Society of Portland, Wild Arts Festival,
Portland, Oregon