Scott Marr | Telltale

Telltale | 2024

28 x 38 cm

Coreopsis, chlorophyll, ochers, saps & pyrography on paper

Unframed

$ 800

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After a long gap in my practice of collecting and processing natural pigments, I’m very excited to share these small works on paper.

Natural pigments have a special energy about them that is hard to replicate in any other way.

It’s when I’m out gathering colour that I find the majority of my inspiration. From the undergrowth to as far up as I’m willing to climb, I witness the most extraordinary networks and creatures. The pigments capture and reflect metamorphosis and environment perfectly.

These small works were created from late 2023 to early 2024.

'Scott Marr Jan 24'

Scott Marr | Artist Statement

Though I’ve briefly studied art at Julian Ashton Art School and TAFE, I think of myself more as a self-taught artist. My early studies allowed an insight to the foundations and practice of drawing but it was ongoing experimentation that led me to my current media, pyrography and natural pigments.

Pyrography is the practice of burning an image onto a surface, using specially designed tools. I work mostly on paper but I also enjoy working with wood.

The pigments I use are all handmade from natural materials, most of which I collect from the bush near my home, the roadside, the garden and sometimes even the kitchen. Some of my favourite raw materials include ochres, sap, flowers, bark, leaves, coffee beans and berries. Part of my processing technique is to add natural mordants (fixatives), preservatives and binding substances.

I’ve been a practicing artist for 15 years now and my work has of course changed a lot over this time. The first few years were spent obsessively trying to master realism, from photorealism to surrealism. One thing that has remained fairly constant is my subject matter; my work is usually about the intricacies of nature and our place in it.

Scott Marr | Biography (Born 1976, Sydney)

Selected exhibitions:

2011 – Group exhibition at Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, New York

2011 – Solo exhibition toured Europe in conjunction with Osunlade’s ‘Pyrography’ album launch

2011 – Solo exhibition at Lost Bear Gallery, Leura, NSW

2011 – Group exhibition at Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2009 – Solo exhibition at SH Contemporary, Shanghai, China

2009 & 2008 – Solo exhibitions at Katoomba Fine Art, NSW, Australia

2006 – Collaboration with Virginia Kaiser, Katoomba Fine Art, NSW, Australia

Awards & prizes:

2011 – Finalist, Salon des Refuses, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2010 – Finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, State Library NSW.