Lindsay Scott

Lindsay Scott biography:

Wildlife and nature have always been at the heart of Lindsay Scott’s life and work. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, she pursued her formal art training at the Michaelis School of Fine Art in Cape Town before earning a Fine Art degree with a minor in biology from the University of Minnesota. An early encounter with the work of renowned wildlife artists Bob Kuhn and Robert Bateman in the United States affirmed her belief that her twin passions—art and biology—could be seamlessly united. She has since dedicated her career to wildlife art, becoming one of the most highly regarded African wildlife artists in the world.

Scott has traveled extensively, leading tours to Africa and Antarctica and conducting research in Australia for the National Geographic Society. Her deep commitment to the natural world has led her to diverse professional roles, including botanical researcher at the University of Cape Town and curator of paleobotany and ornithology at the South African Museum in Cape Town. A passionate conservationist, she supports organizations such as the Yellowstone Foundation, the Rainforest Foundation, and the African Wildlife Foundation.

Her work has been exhibited internationally in invitational, juried, and solo exhibitions throughout the United States and abroad. The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum featured her work in its prestigious “Birds in Art” exhibition for thirteen years, and the National Museum of Wildlife Art holds several major paintings in its permanent collection. Additional public collections include the Worrell Collection, the San Bernardino County Museum of Art, and Standard Bank of South Africa. Her paintings have also been exhibited at the Natural History Museum in London and auctioned at Christie’s and Sotheby’s.

In 1992, Scott was selected to participate in the “Uniting Artists Across Continents” cultural exchange in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. She has received numerous honors, including the Award of Excellence from the Society of Animal Artists, as well as Best of Show and First Place (awarded in the same year) at the Pacific Rim Wildlife Art Show.

In 1996, she became the first woman to be named Featured Artist at the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition in Charleston, South Carolina. Her work has appeared in and on the covers of numerous publications, including Southwest Art, African Sporting Gazette, Wildlife Art, and Sporting Classics. Today, her paintings and drawings are represented by leading galleries in the United States and England and are held in important public and private collections worldwide.

Lindsay and her husband, Brian McPhun, divide their time between their home in Matakana, New Zealand, and travels abroad in search of new subjects and wild places to inspire her work.

Available paintings:

“Elephant Baby”
Lindsay Scott
Oil   30″ x 14 1/2″
$12,500

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“Two Cute”
Lindsay Scott
colored pencil  10″ x 19″
$6,800

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