Time for some art. Recent painting done for fun, a few brushstrokes at a time over the course of several months. Oil on canvas mounted on panel, 8×8 inches.

It was a pleasure doing this pro-bono job for my buddy & colleague John Blondell at Westmont College. When John asked me if I would be interested in doing the poster for a series of six short plays by Samuel Beckett, I had only one condition: as long as it could be a portrait of [...]

Last Wednesday, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by David Starkey for his local cable show, The Creative Community. David asked great questions and it was a pleasure talking with him. For those who are interested, the video is below!

The Creative Community: Scott Anderson from The Santa Barbara Channels on Vimeo.

This is the second time I’ve painted Picasso. While I’ve got immense respect for the man, especially the enormity of his artistic output, I don’t’t really consider myself a huge fan of his work. He’s simply got a great face to paint.
This began life as a guest demo for the VADA program at my old [...]

Been a while, but it was a decently productive holiday break for me, so there should be (knock on wood) a couple of posts in quick succession here. First up is a still-life which will be a gift for a faculty colleague whose home was burned in the Tea Fire a year ago.

Well, at least I have a good excuse this time to explain for the lag between blog posts. I’ve been working round the clock for the last few weeks putting together all the final touches on my show, Illustrative: Graphic Arts by Scott Anderson at the Santa Barbara Arts Fund Gallery. This was an exhibition [...]

Received a commission from Dean Welshman over at Rhode Island Monthly to paint a portrait of Red Sox player Rocco Baldelli. I had never heard of Baldelli before, but after having done a lot of research on him, I’ve come away with a great admiration for the guy. How refreshing to learn of a baseball [...]

Here’s a detail from my latest illustration for Stocks & Commodities Magazine. Thanks as always to AD Christine Morrison for the work!

Studies for an illustration I’m working on right now, done with prismacolor on vellum. I love drawing with prisma pencils, they glide on the paper in a way that is really appealing to me.
Rare that an illustration deadline will allow for the time for such luxuries as exploring different head options, but I have over [...]

My wife’s birthday fell on the day after Mother’s Day this year, so I knew I had to come up with a nice gift to celebrate both days, and on a budget. So when you tell an artist that they’re not allowed to spend any money on you, you pretty much know you’re going to [...]