Meet Jac Scott

“Art is my backbone, solace and salvation”

Jac Scott MRBS is a multi-award winning visual artist, a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors with an international exhibition portfolio.

About Jac Scott

Art is my backbone, my solace and salvation. Having art as a lifelong friend means that I am never lonely nor wondering what to do – its always there when I need it, craving attention. I didn’t have the courage to go to art college until I was in my twenties, but this did mean that I really valued the gift of time I gave myself to immerse my life in art. The day I arrived at art college I knew I was home.

Artist Gallery

I have always drawn and painted – it felt essential, even from a young age, to get some visual meaning on paper. As a student I supplemented my student grant by selling pictures in local galleries. For my sculptural work, drawing and painting formed an important part of my research, and since 2008 it has become my main preoccupation. The banking crisis in that year created a challenging dynamic in funding my issue based work on environmental issues. I examined my skill set and developed a new way of working in partnership with my designer/maker husband Michael Slaney, creating our own company – Utopia: The Unexpected Gallery.

Our gallery “Utopia The Unexpected Gallery” is on the high street in the north Norfolk Georgian town of Holt. Our vision for the gallery is for a poetic space where the past and present meld, almost a cabinet of curiosities.