Hillary Scott is an academically trained landscape painter from northeast Massachusetts. She earned a B.F.A. in studio art with a concentration in illustration from University of Massachusetts Lowell in 2002. She illustrated books for many years before making the transition to landscape painting in 2014.

The artist has an affinity for marshes, seas, and skies and finds endless inspiration in the New England landscape. She creates her light-filled paintings through a combination of plein air studies, photography, direct observation, memory, and imagination. “In my latest series of paintings, I strive to capture the fleeting moments of morning and evening light,” the artist says. “I’m fascinated by the effect of light on landscapes and attempt to convey a sense of space, season, serenity, and nostalgia. Although I consider myself a realist, the minute details of a place are secondary to the mood and lighting they capture.” 

Since she began exhibiting her oil paintings several years ago, Scott has been accepted into numerous national shows and won several awards. Her paintings are in private collections worldwide. Most recently she was recognized as one of PleinAir Magazine’s 15 Most Influential Landscape Artists on Instagram and took Second Place in International Artist’s last two landscape competitions for her paintings Morning Mystique and A Dusting of Magic.

Scott is a member of the Oil Painters of America and a Master Artist Member of Newburyport Art Association. She is represented by Valerie’s Gallery (Newburyport, MA), Martin House Gallery (Blowing Rock, NC), and the Todd Bonita Gallery (Portsmouth, NH).