Born February 2, 1974, in Baltimore County, Maryland, Scott was educated in the Baltimore County Public School System through the ninth grade. In September ’90, out of 500 applicants, he was one of ninety accepted into the Baltimore School for the Arts high school, located in downtown Baltimore City, and graduated in June ’93 with a degree in Visual Arts. It was during his junior year at the BSFA that he first learned of the Schuler School of Fine Arts and in the summer of ’92, he started attending their six-week summer session. In October ’94, he started full-time at the school, including their night classes held two nights a week, and graduated in May ’98. He went on to complete his Graduate Year (fifth year) at Schuler’s in May ’99. Scott now hopes, with the knowledge and discipline that he has gained, to pass on to others the traditions of the Old Masters through teaching, both privately and in group lessons. During the summers of ’90 through ’92, he was accepted into the two-week Summer Center for the Arts program at Goucher College, Towson, Maryland. One of the courses offered was entitled “Studio Painting and Drawing” which he attended for all three years.Since 1995, he attended various workshops, which were offered at the Schuler School. These were taught by Schuler graduate and prior instructor, Jerome Atherholt. Artist and prior graduate, Will Wilson, also came to the school to give demonstrations during the course of each school year. In addition, Scott studied three years from ’97 to ’99 under the direction of artist and former graduate of the Schuler School, Matt Zoll. Scott continues to broaden his scope of studies and knowledge of the arts through his travels, both within the states and abroad. In October 1996, just entering his third year at the Schuler School, Scott entered the York Art Association’s 26th Open Juried Exhibition and became the first person ever to receive all three awards – First Place in Oil/Acrylic Category, Best of Show and the Invitational Group Exhibition Award held in April 1998. The distinguished jurors for this exhibit were Leslie C. Ehrin, Director, Corporate Art Consultant and Painting Manager for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Nora E. Klorfine, Chairman, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art Sales and Rental Gallery. At the time, they were preparing an opening of the Peale Exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and immediately invited Scott to show his work at the Art Sales and Rental Gallery to coincide with this Exhibit of Peale’s works. Out of 1,200 entries, Scott’s painting was one of 87 works chosen for Exhibit III, Works by Contemporary Maryland Artists 2000 in the Conservatory Room, Government House, Annapolis, MD. This exhibition was sponsored by First Lady Frances Hughes Glendening as part of the “Celebration for the Arts in Maryland”. In 2002, on the advice of the President, York Art Association, Scott was approached by Mr. Henry H. Nixon, Executive Director, and Ms. Hannelore Schreiber, Vice President, York Symphony Orchestra, York, PA. They were looking for a unique item to be used as a fund raiser for a major renovation of their Concert Hall for the York Symphony Orchestra. They chose one of his Old Master Floral paintings to hang at all concert performances and special events in York, PA during the 2002-2003 Symphony Season, be on the cover and included in their Program reaching over 20,000 subscribers, and to be auctioned with the winning bid to be announced on April 12, 2003 at the end of the Symphony Season. In the Artist’s Magazine’s Special 20th Anniversary Issue, January 2004, Scott was named in their feature article “On the Rise” as one of twenty artists to watch and who are destined to be master painters of the future. Later in their August 2004 issue, a five page feature article, “Handing Over the Keys” by Scott Royston, was published. Although Scott has been a part of many articles in various artist magazines, Scott has since gone on to publish “Fine-Tuned Drawing with a Paint Brush”, International Artist Magazine, December/January 2007 Issue No. 52, “Masterstrokes”, Oil Painter of America Brushstrokes Members Newsletter, Summer 2007, Volume 17, Issue 2, and “Painting Classical Floral Still Lifes with Skill and Understanding”, American Artist Magazine, November, 2008.Scott has cultivated the techniques and traditions of the Old Dutch Masters. His ability has not gone unnoticed, and he has been the recipient of numerous awards, including being a multi-time Finalist Winner in The Artist’s Magazine annual art competitions; recipient of the AAPL Medal of Honor plus Award in the Oil & Polymer Awards Category of the 76th Grand National Exhibition of the American Artists Professional League (2004), NY Salmagundi Club; selected to be in the Top Ten in the International Artist’s Magazine 2005 Still Life and Floral Challenge and again in their 2006 Flowers and Gardens Challenge; two-time Finalist in the Still Life Category of the 2007 4th Annual International ARC Salon; recipient of the Still Life Awards in the 2005 and 2009 Annual Internal Guild of Realism Juried Exhibitions and winner of the Best of Trompe L’Oeil Award in their 2008 Annual International Guild of Realism Juried Exhibition; recipient of the People’s Choice Award and Merit Award for Still Life at the Salon International 2006, twice selected for one of the Juror’s Top Fifty Awards at the Salon International 2008 and again in 2009, and also winner of the Honorable Mention Award, Salon International 2009. Currently, Scott has paintings in two museum tours: Susan Kathleen Black Foundation’s “Blossom – Art of Flowers” Museum Exhibition & National Museum Tour, 2007-2009; and the Smith Kramer Traveling Museum Exhibition: “The New Reality: The Frontier of Realism in the 21st Century, 2008-2011. His other talents include figure skating and writing. His professional experiences include being accepted to tour with Walt Disney’s “World on Ice” in the summer of ’93, and with On Ice, Inc.’s “Nutcracker on Ice” in November and December of ’95. He has always had a love for the subjects of mystery and psychological horror and has completed writing a novel titled Joshua which he hopes to have published in the future.