Read this Wildlife Art Journal article

If you raise the issue with Lindsay Scott, she does not count herself among the diaspora of humans, white and black, fleeing her former homeland, Zimbabwe, because of terror carried out by the regime of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.  Make no mistake, the trauma besetting all residents hailing from the former British colony of Rhodesia has left emotional scars on Scott and her family.

But when she left the country of her birth half of her adult life ago, she did not go to get away but rather to set out on an artistic exploration that has lead her this autumn to Jackson Hole in the western U.S. state of Wyoming where she is being honored as a featured artist at the National Museum of Wildlife Art. 

Since she left Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second largest city located in the southern reaches of the country, Scott has studied in South Africa, lived in the U.S. and now calls New Zealand home.  Over the course of her geographic progression, she also has undergone a fascinating journey as a visual artist.  Scott first left her mark as a talented draftswoman whose first preferred medium was graphite on paper.  Not only was her talent recognized, but Scott won art competitions based upon the strength of her design, composition and understanding of light and shadow—no small accomplishment considering her work involved merely black and white.


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