About

Scott Michael Raynor

Artist Statement

I am an award winning artist who resides in High Point, North Carolina. I work primarily in drawing, painting and printmaking and I have 30 years experience teaching courses in Art, Design and Creativity. My work is in numerous private collections and my work has been featured in interviews with NPR, NBC and many other media outlets.  

My daily practice includes working in my studio and working with clients. I also run a successful travel company Insightful Travels and Tours, where I lead trips and retreats with eager world explorers. ITATs has been in operation since 2012 with over 1.2 million dollars in revenues and dozens of trips traveled in the US and abroad. 

My work explores the relationship of color and lyrical forms that exist in complex spatial arrangements. The idea of the artist studio is an important element in my work. The idea of the sacred space of the artist’s studio full of symbolic objects that are in constant conflict with each other is appealing to me.

My paintings are filled with parts, objects, machinery and distinctively colored patterns. Each object in my paintings derive from a lifetime of associations and experiences. Recently my works are incorporating pop culture references with images of quirky versions of well known images. They are slowly working their way into a new visual mythology that I am creating.

My work is held in numerous private collections (a symphony conductor, a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a celebrity chef are some of the more fun collectors I have) and I have have recently exhibited my work in over 60 museums and galleries nationally and internationally.

  • Blue Mountain Gallery
  • Sunny Art Center, London UK
  • Brevard University, NC
  • University of Mobile, AL
  • San Diego Museum of Art, CA
  • Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • MFA in Annapolis, MD
  • Gallery 301 in Mobile, AL
  • Greenhill Center for NC Art

My formal training began during my undergraduate education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. I studied under a number of excellent artists who studied with Max Beckmann and Phil Guston and I am forever grateful for my art education. Art History also became an area of great interest for me. It was during this time that I discovered many artists that would go on to be a great influence for me. 

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Thank you for coming by and wanting to learn more about my art and my practice.