As a former illustrator, my technique and goals have evolved. I’ve long admired painters like Maxfield Parrish, who successfully created a perfect balance between realism and fantasy. Thus, the purely magical scenes I once painted have been incorporated into realist images sourced from plein air studies, photos, visits, memory and imagination.
In my latest series of paintings, I strive to capture the fleeting moments of morning and evening light. I’m fascinated by the effect of light on landscapes and attempt to convey a sense of space, season, serenity, and nostalgia. My compositions are designed to evoke an emotional reaction from the viewer; I consider a visceral response from my audience an important measure of success for a painting. Though I consider myself a realist, the minute details of a place are secondary to the mood and lighting they capture.
Hillary Scott (b. 1979) is an academically trained landscape painter from northeast Massachusetts. She earned her BFA from UMass Lowell (2002) in studio art with a concentration in illustration. She illustrated books for many years before making the transition to landscape painting in 2014. Hillary has an affinity for coastal scenes, wetlands, and skies and finds endless inspiration in the beautiful New England landscape. Since she began exhibiting her oil paintings a few years ago she has been accepted into numerous juried shows and won several awards. Her paintings are in private collections worldwide. Most recently she has been recognized as one of PleinAir Magazine's 15 most influential landscape artists on Instagram and took 2nd place in the previous two International Artist Magazine's landscape competitions for her paintings, "Morning Mystique" and "A Dusting of Magic". Hillary is a signature member of the American Tonalist Society, a signature member of Oil Painters of America, a master artist member of Newburyport Art Association and represented by the Todd Bonita Gallery in Portsmouth, NH, Valerie's Gallery in Newburyport, MA, and Martinhouse Gallery in Blowing Rock, NC.
Artist and Illustrator Magazine February 2024, Editorial Feature
American Art Collector Magazine February 2023, Editorial feature
International Artist Magazine December/January 2022-23, Landscape Challenge "A Dusting of Magic"
American Art Collector Magazine November 2021, Editorial feature
International Artist Magazine August/Sept 2021, Landscape Challenge "Morning Mystique"
International Artist Magazine April/May 2020, Landscape" Challenge "Enchanted Morning"
Fine Art Connoisieur Magazine Sept/Oct 2020 Editorial feature: "Landscapes & Skies" "Summer Haze"
-Guild of Boston Artists Regional Juried Exhibition 2023 Award of Merit "Herring River Haze"
-32nd Oil Painters of America National Exhibition "Winter's Enchantment"
-2023 Shades of Gray II, American Tonalist Society "A Morning on Cape Cod"
-2022 Guild of Boston Artists Regional Juried Exhibition, Silver Medal Award, "A Dusting of Magic"
-30th Oil Painters of America National Exhibition, Landscape Honorable Mention Award, "Morning Mystique"
-29th Oil Painters of America National Exhibition, "Evening Brilliance"
-Newburyport Art Association Regional Juried Exhibition 2020 Honorable Mention "Summer's Glory and "September Morning Light"
-Newburyport Art Association Winter Juried Exhibition 2020 Best Oil Painting "A June Afternoon"
-Guild of Boston Artists Regional Juried Exhibition 2019 "September Song"
-Solo show, Valerie's Gallery. July 5-31, 2019
-"Let There Be Light" Tree's Place Gallery. July 2019
- 28th Oil Painters of America National Exhibition, "Morning Radiance"
-December 2018 Boldbrush FASO competition Finalist: "Morning Radiance
-Valeries Gallery featured artist show, August 2018
-Marblehead Festival of Arts 2018 Honorable Mention: "Sunset on the Basin"
-Newburyport Art Association Regional juried show 2018
-Newburyport Art Association Regional juried show 2017
-OIL & WATER, Two person show, Newburyport Art Association September 2016
-Greater Haverhill Art Association Annual Show 2016 Honorable Mention "Winter's Dusk"
-Newburyport Art Association Regional juried show 2016
-Newburyport Art Association winter juried show I 2016
- "LAND & SKY" solo exhibition, Firehouse Center for the Arts, January 2016
