Artists

Scott Tetlow [Biography]

Scott Tetlow

Born in Rochdale in 1969, Scott developed a passion for art as a young boy. During his late teens Scott spent his free time sketching punks and designing album covers. It was this body of work that earned him a place at Cheltenham University, where he gained his fine art degree.

In 2002, his much-loved studio burnt to the ground and he lost everything. Unable to continue both practically and emotionally, Scott threw himself into teaching, believing that his art career was now just part of his past.

In 2011, Scott moved his family to Verona and, ironically, moved into an apartment directly above an art shop. Feeling inspired to pick up his brushes once again, he began to draw the stunning architecture. With his passion rekindled, he returned to England and built a studio in his garden. He hasn't stopped painting since.

Whilst living in Taiwan, I studied calligraphy and discovered that this beautiful form is valued as ‘high art’. The art of calligraphy is used to express the inner beauty of the soul and spirit. Chinese calligraphy focusses on two types of beauty: the obvious aesthetics and the hidden beauty: the soul and life of a figure. Often, Chinese painters will say they are “writing a painting” and this concept has influenced my work heavily over the years. I want my works to tell their own story, for the viewer to read their energy.

Each of my drawings is almost a manifestation of the frame of mind I am in at the time that I create it.

As Henry Ward Beecher said, “Every artist dips his brush in his own soul and paints his own nature into his pictures”.

Somewhere along my path, I became engrossed in the need to convey movement, to create the illusion of life. Knowing how to create something in the line, how to find the light and the life in a figure is considerably harder than the layering, rendering and re-rendering I do when I’m painting with oils.

I have to learn and understand the lines before I can make them work. It has taken years of practice, of feeling like I’m walking through a maze; making mistakes, going down the wrong road and learning whether to turn left or right. I’ve had to practice and practice to be able to create a piece in one go, it’s almost like doing it in one breath.

Each time I pick up my tools, I am running out onto a tightrope – I can’t stop. I have to keep going to get to the other side. There is no time to question myself or correct mistakes because I have to get the marks down with confidence. I don’t get a second chance. I can’t rework it; every mark has to flow out of me to give the figure movement. If I haven’t studied the lines, if I don’t fully understand them the drawing just won’t work.

Every single line on each of my drawings is inspired by a living object, the result being that every line has the energy of a living thing.

70 Years Of Service

Giclée on Paper

A Kind Of Magic

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A Kind Of Magic - Deluxe

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A Way Of Life

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Alas

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Art Class

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Art Class - Miniature

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Back To Black

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Back To Black - Deluxe

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Blue

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Bohemian Rhapsody

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Bohemian Rhapsody - Deluxe

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Bowie - Deluxe

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Breakfast At Tiffany's

Giclée on Paper

Breakfast At Tiffany's

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Brotherhood

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Brotherhood - Deluxe

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Celebrating Her Majesty

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Chimps And Gravy

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Cosmos

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Crack On

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Crack On - Miniature

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Create Your Own Look

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DJ Man Cub

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Dr Strange - Miniature

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Freedom

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Have A Nice Day

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Headphones On, Reality Off

Giclée on Paper

Hendrix

Giclée on Paper

Hendrix - Deluxe

Giclée on Paper

Hepburn

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Hepburn - Deluxe

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Iconic Trophy Object

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Iron Man - Miniature

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Jungle Dreams

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LOW AVAILABILITY - Love

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LOW AVAILABILITY - Wonder

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Lennon

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Lennon - Deluxe

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Let's Rock The House

Giclée on Paper

Monroe

Giclée on Paper

Monroe - Deluxe

Giclée on Paper

Rocketman

Giclée on Paper

Rocketman - Deluxe

Giclée on Paper

Space Hop

Giclée on Paper

Spirit

Giclée on Paper

Stardust

Giclée on Paper

Stardust - Deluxe

Giclée on Paper

Swinging In The Rain

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The King Of Rock & Roll

Giclée on Paper

The Only Way Is Up

Giclée on Paper

The Queen Of Pop

Giclée on Paper

The Queen Of Pop - Deluxe

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Why Walk When You Can Fly

Giclée on Paper

Winehouse

Giclée on Paper

Winehouse - Deluxe

Giclée on Paper

Work Life Balance

Giclée on Paper

You Looking At Me?

Giclée on Paper

Sold, but please enquire about similar works

Lest We Forget

Giclée on Paper

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Lest We Forget - Deluxe

Giclée on Paper

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Puzzled

Giclée on Paper

Scott Tetlow

Born in Rochdale in 1969, Scott developed a passion for art as a young boy. During his late teens Scott spent his free time sketching punks and designing album covers. It was this body of work that earned him a place at Cheltenham University, where he gained his fine art degree.

In 2002, his much-loved studio burnt to the ground and he lost everything. Unable to continue both practically and emotionally, Scott threw himself into teaching, believing that his art career was now just part of his past.

In 2011, Scott moved his family to Verona and, ironically, moved into an apartment directly above an art shop. Feeling inspired to pick up his brushes once again, he began to draw the stunning architecture. With his passion rekindled, he returned to England and built a studio in his garden. He hasn't stopped painting since.

Whilst living in Taiwan, I studied calligraphy and discovered that this beautiful form is valued as ‘high art’. The art of calligraphy is used to express the inner beauty of the soul and spirit. Chinese calligraphy focusses on two types of beauty: the obvious aesthetics and the hidden beauty: the soul and life of a figure. Often, Chinese painters will say they are “writing a painting” and this concept has influenced my work heavily over the years. I want my works to tell their own story, for the viewer to read their energy.

Each of my drawings is almost a manifestation of the frame of mind I am in at the time that I create it.

As Henry Ward Beecher said, “Every artist dips his brush in his own soul and paints his own nature into his pictures”.

Somewhere along my path, I became engrossed in the need to convey movement, to create the illusion of life. Knowing how to create something in the line, how to find the light and the life in a figure is considerably harder than the layering, rendering and re-rendering I do when I’m painting with oils.

I have to learn and understand the lines before I can make them work. It has taken years of practice, of feeling like I’m walking through a maze; making mistakes, going down the wrong road and learning whether to turn left or right. I’ve had to practice and practice to be able to create a piece in one go, it’s almost like doing it in one breath.

Each time I pick up my tools, I am running out onto a tightrope – I can’t stop. I have to keep going to get to the other side. There is no time to question myself or correct mistakes because I have to get the marks down with confidence. I don’t get a second chance. I can’t rework it; every mark has to flow out of me to give the figure movement. If I haven’t studied the lines, if I don’t fully understand them the drawing just won’t work.

Every single line on each of my drawings is inspired by a living object, the result being that every line has the energy of a living thing.

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