Portrait of Scott McClelland
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Scott McClelland

Painting, Visual / Media

I like to mix it up. As an active outdoorsman, I often find myself rendering the different moods of nature. I'll do studio landscapes for a while, then do plein air pieces. I do lots of commissioned people and pet portraits during the holidays, and then I'll do humorous paintings too. I embrace a challenge, and enjoy encountering, and overcoming the obsticles of rendering a scene or setting, to my satisfaction. From my perspective, life's not boring, and neither should be my paintings.

About the Artist

I am a self-taught Maryland artist.  Although I dabbled in painting and printmaking, I didn't pursue art seriously until I retired from my full-time job in May of 2021.   I work with acrylics to create studio and plein aire landscapes, and portraits of people and animals.  Plus I'll throw in a bit of humor as well.

Scott McClelland website fromscottsperspective

Featured Work

Photos

Inspired by a foggy morning in the woods
This was a commissioned piece that I painted for a gentleman who had bonded with a wild fox, by sharing pizza with it. He named the fox after the character in the movie "The Fox and the Hound." (I used a pallet knife on everything but the fox.)
This is a humorous painting inspired by the old Universal Monster Movies that were shown on TV when I was a kid growing up in Cumberland, MD. I tried to accurately depict downtown Bel Air.
This is a surrealistic painting inspired by a visit to Sandy Point State Park, near Annapolis, MD.
This is a pallet knife rendering of a scene in Harford County.
Plein aire painting of downtown Havre de Grace