Scott Troxel | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography

Originally from Philadelphia, Scott studied art in college while learning filmmaking at Temple University. After graduating, he specialized in product design and eventually became a marketing manager for various American firms. In 2014, Scott decided to move away from his career to the now daily design of his in his New Jersey based studio.Defining himself as a techniques and materials during the development of his works to compose, with patience and precision, a set at once deeply original. Scott's entire artistic process is focused on the exploration of water, which he values for its organic and aesthetic qualities. By combining this natural element with processes from the chemical industry, the artist questions the duality of nature versus civilization by addressing themes related to the cycle of life and the notion of progress. Like the rays that increase as a tree grows, Scott interprets his practice as an attempt at dialogue between different human generations, constantly seeking to provoke interaction in order to achieve mutual and reciprocal enrichment. A member of the Ocean City Fine Arts League, the artist's assemblages, composed of numerous fragments and species of wood that form as many lines as textures, lead us into a resolutely contemporary universe, marked by a perpetual search for balance and harmony.