Scott Eakin

Ricochet, 2023

Acrylic on Wood Panel

30 x 30 inches

Courtesy of Marcia Wood Gallery

www.marciawoodgallery.com

www.scotteakin.com, @scotteakinart

Born in Illinois, I attended the University of Wisconsin as a declared art major. When offered an opportunity to play music, I left the university and my art studies. That was 1969. In 2001 I returned to painting. Over time a kind of unconscious distillation of my work occurred. I removed all gestural and curvilinear elements from my work and focused exclusively on straight lines, right angles and color. These constraints continue to guide my practice. I have completed residencies at Hambidge in 2018 and the Virginia Center For Creative Arts in 2019 and 2022. I was the recipient of a Jurors Prize at the 2019 MOCA GA 'Gathered' exhibition. Marcia Wood Gallery represents my work. The most recent solo show, 2022, A Line in the Code. Recent group shows include Artists Talking at Marcia Wood Gallery; Harper College, Palatine, IL; Masur Museum, Monroe, LA; the Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL; Macon MOAS, and Marietta-Cobb Museum of Art. Collections include the Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, the City of Decatur, Microsoft Inc., Selig Enterprises, Arcspring Transformational Capital, William Blair & Co., Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta, Atlanta Hawks State Farm Arena, TriBridge Residential, Shaw Industries, Capital One Boston.