Lorenzo Scott Lorenzo Scott characterizes himself as a Christian folk artist and religious fundamentalist. Scott was born in rural West Point, Georgia, in 1934. His family moved to Atlanta soon thereafter. He decided to be a painter at the age of five after having seen his mother draw a picture. At twenty-five, he executed his first oil painting, but was not recognized as a serious artist until more than twenty years later. Now in his sixties, Scott is receiving well-deserved attention. A construction worker and house painter by vocation, he likes to study the old masters; their influence on his style is clear. Scott spent hours scrutinizing paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the High Museum in his native Atlanta. In fact, although he is a self-taught artist and devout Baptist, his paintings invoke religious imagery from the European Renaissance and Catholicism. Scott repeatedly hypothesized and experimented with technique, persevering until he independently refined his painting method. Scott designs and builds his own frames out of scrap lumber, decorates them with automobile filler, and paints them gold to resemble those framing the Renaissance masterpieces. His work has been included in an exhibit at the Atlanta College of Art Gallery, among others. Madonna and Child Medium: oil on canvas Size: 49 x 26 Price: $2500