ProfileJohn Scott is a contemporary Australian artist engaged in interpreting the landscape using both 2-D images and 3-D soft sculptures to create both abstract, representational and in some cases symbolic forms of art. His practice has spanned close to 40 years.Artist's statementBridging Art, Nature, science and philosophy.Learning to listen and feel nature as opposed to just seeing the surface led me to deeper undercurrents and a greater understanding of how interdependent we are within our natural environment needed for human health.Often in a fast paced world surrounded by man-made built environments it quickly disconnects us from the natural world.The deeper I went into the microcosm of nature, macro-cosmic elements manifested into my oeuvre.I was guided to one specific area, fungus - about 30 years ago of which has been my focus for some time.Mushrooms are the fruiting body of a much vaster underground mycorrhizal network system connecting trees through tiny threads called mycelium.These root systems have been scientifically proven to communicate, transport and distribute nutrients to whole forests keeping them healthy.The ant kingdom often stores and farms fungus feeding whole colonies underground.Forests have “hub trees” sometimes called 'mother trees' that are powerful distributors of nutrients to plants that are struggling.By listening to the health of nature it reminds us of how interdependent we are with nature including our own health as a species. John Scott © 2025 Artist Biography Born Sydney 1961, AustraliaPRIZES2023 - Winner Best Oil/Acrylic Bayside Art Show Brighton Melbourne.2023 - Small works finalist Lethbridge Gallery QLD2023 - Small works art prize Brunswick Street Gallery2013 – Semi-finalist Doug Moran Portrait Prize2015 – Semi-finalist Doug Moran Portrait Prize1994 - Warringah Art Prize (Judges: Colin Lanceley and Ann Thomson)
