John Walter Scott (1907 – 1987). “John Walter Scott, Jr. was born on December 1, 1907 in Camden, New Jersey. His father of the same name was a second generation immigrant from Scotland, and was a draftsman at the Camden Shipyard. His mother was Helen L. Scott, who was of Irish ancestry. They lived at 7 Wood Street, which was one block from the busy riverfront piers. he and his father were avid fishermen. During the Great War his father rejoined the U.S.Army and attained the rank of Captain before dying in 1919. His mother took a job at the La France Tapestry Mill in Philadelphia, and in 1923 at age fifteen, he left school and began to work at the same mill. The mill operator offered free night school classes in various facets of mill work to him…” [From Ask Art]

It took me a minute to figure out that even though he signed his paintings ‘John Walter‘, it was actually the same guy whose bio I kept seeing, ‘John Walter Scott‘. This is the type of art I just love. From warm homey scenes, to hunting and fishing, to True Detective type cover art. Wonderful stuff. His memories and subjects would range from WW I to the end of the Reagan administration. When America was at its finest. These artists are not nearly celebrated as they should be in my mind. Perhaps they harken to a time some people would rather forget, or pretend had never existed. This type of art would make a wonderful calendar.