About Scott
Baltimore City
With my "2 by 2" watercolor series of couple’s portraits my intent is to project the power of the individuals and the strength of the pair. The subject matter is the human self: how we see each other and how we want to be seen. Each painting began by observing pairs of people usually in public places. I look for something rather unique and distinguishing about them. Invariably my paintings highlight the inner strength and integrity of my subjects.
When I recreate the couples as… more
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The start of "2 by 2" series
In the summer of 2017 I decided to see what would happen if I returned to photographing people in public spaces like as I was doing over 30 years ago. This meant not doing such programmatic paintings like the UP IN ARMS series that I worked on for four years starting in 2013. There I asked folks to hold up above their heads an object closely associated with themselves so that I could paint only their arms and the object. In returning to the whole figure, the resulting watercolors become portrature in a way that projects personal confidence and intiates a one-on-one conversation/confrontation with the viewer. A recent blog post of mine talks about how a group of paintings from 1983 is similar but much different from these new people-in-public-places paintings. Here's the link: http://www.scottponemone.com/sidewalk-studio-deja-vu/
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Untitled (1st black couple)Watercolor, 21 Oct. 2017, image 32” x 20 1/4″
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Untitled (first white couple)Watercolor, 5 Oct. 2017, image 30” x 23"
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Untitled (white women elbows)Watercolor, 3 Nov. 2017, image 32 1/2” x 21 3/4″
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Untitled (black guy white guy)Watercolor, 28 Nov. 2017, image 32” x 21 3/4″
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#5 ponemone Blond Necktie.JPGUntitled (Blond/Necktie), watercolor, 2 Jan. 2018, image 31 3/4" x 21 1/2"
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UNT Father Son.JPG"Untitled (Father/Son)," watercolor, 11 Jan. 2018, image 30" x 23", $3,500
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Asian girls.JPG"Untitled (Asian Women)," watercolor, 28 Jan. 2018, image 31" x 18 1/4", $3,500
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Mike & Jared.JPG"Mike & Jared, Woodwrights" watercolor, 20 Feb. 2018, image 30" x 20", $3,500
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#3 ponemone Charlie & Floyd.JPG"Charlie & Floyd, Westminster Municipal Band," watercolor, 27 March 2018, image 31 3/4" x 22", $3,500
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Derrick & Paul DPW.JPG"Derrick & Paul, Baltimore DPW," watercolor, 3 April 2018, image 31 1/2" x 21 1/4", $3,500
TARGETS
The use of guns is so epidemic in this county that this series is dedicated to the victims of gunfire. But it also raises questions as to who are the shooters and who are the victims and what are the relationships between the two. After I finished the painting, I went to an indoor shooting range and had each painting shot up.
These paintings from the winter of 2017 were the culmination of my "Up In Arms" series of watercolors that bergan in 2013. They can be viewed on my website at: http://www.scottponemone.com/portfolio/up-in-arms-2/
These paintings from the winter of 2017 were the culmination of my "Up In Arms" series of watercolors that bergan in 2013. They can be viewed on my website at: http://www.scottponemone.com/portfolio/up-in-arms-2/
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All 7 “Target” paintingsThis is how all of the “Target" paintings were displayed in summer 2017 at the Harford County Community College’s Chesapeake Gallery
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TARGETS 3XTARGETS 3X, watercolor and gouache, 2017, combined paper sixe 40" x 75"
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TARGET ATARGET A, watercolor and gouache, 2017, image 33 1/4" x 16 1/2"
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TARGET A detaildetail of TARGET A showing gunshot holes.
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TARGET BTARGET B, watercolor and gouache, 2017, image 35 1/4" x 18"
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TARGET B detailDetail of TaARGET B showing gunshot holes
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TARGET CTARGET C, watercolor and gouache, 2017, image 35" x 15 1/4"
PLASTIC
This a grouping of paintings from my "Up In Arms" series that ran from 2013 to 2017. They can be viewed on my website at: http://www.scottponemone.com/portfolio/up-in-arms-2/
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PLASTIC
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KW-FAKE IIKW-FAKE II, watercolor, 2013, image 30 7/8" x 18 1/4" This is one of the eight watercolors completed during a 2013 residency at the Studios of Key West (hence the KW designation).
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SOFT CONESOFT CONE, watercolor, 2015, image 29 1/2" x 13 1/4"
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TOOLBOXTOOLBOX, watercolor, 2015, image 29 1/2" x 20 1/4"
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TORSOTORSO, watercolor, 2014, image 29" x 18 1/4"
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ONE FOR THE ROADONE FOR THE ROAD, watercolor, 2014, 26 1/4" x 16"
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FF CPR.FF CPR, watercolor, 2015, 29" x 16 1/4"
BABES IN ARMS
In the beginning: From tabula rosa to
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BABES IN ARMSBABES IN ARMS, watercolors, 2014 & 2015, combined paper dimensions: about 6' x 7'
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ABoyABoy, watercolor, 2014, image 27 1/2" x 16"
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HBoyButtHBoyButt, watercolor, 2014, image 28" x 16 1/2"
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BBoyButtBBoyButt, watercolor, 2014, image 25 3/4" x 21 1/2"
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WBoyWBoy, watercolor, 2014, 26 1/2" x 13 1/2"
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BGirlBGirl, watercolor, 2015, image 25 1/4" x 17 5/8"
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WBoyButtWBoyButt, watercolor, 2014, image 29" x 14 1/4"
FOOD
These paintings were part of my "Up In Arms" series of watercolor. They can be viewed on my website at: http://www.scottponemone.com/portfolio/up-in-arms-2/
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FOODEight watercolors, 2013-2015, assembled into an alternating protein/vegetable grid, measuring about 6.5' x 13'
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CHARDCHARD, watercolor, 2013, image 25 3/4" x 15 1/2"
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MEAT:LAMBMEAT:LAMB, watercolor, 2013, image 22 3/4" x 17 3/4"
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RAISING EGGPLANTRASING EGGPLANT, watercolor, 2013, image 24" x 15 7/8"
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MEAT:PORKMEAT:PORK, watercolor, 2013, image 20 1/4" x 19 1/2"
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TASTES LIKE CHICKENTASTES LIKE CHICKEN, watercolor, 2014, image 26" x 19 1/2"
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WARTY GOURDSWARTY GOURDS, watercolor, 2015, image 28 1/4" x 15 3/4"
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MEAT:GOATMEAT:GOAT, watercolor, 2015, 28" x 16 1/4"
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RAISING CORNRAISING CORN, watercolor, 2013, image 25 3/8" x 15 1/2"
LIFE SAVERS SUITE
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LIFE SAVERS SUITELIFE SAVERS, watercolors, 2015 & 2016.
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FF HELMETFF HELMET, watercolor, 2016, image 26 1/4" x 15 1/2"
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FF TANKFF TANK, watercolor, 2016, image 26 3/4" x 18 1/2"
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FF CPRFF CPR, watercolor, 2015, image 29" x 16 1/4"
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FF HOSEFF HOSE, watercolor, 2016, image 23" x 20 1/2"
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FF JAWSFF JAWS, watercolor, 2016, image 24 1/2" x 21 1/2"
SCALES
I was thinking of this grouping as predators, but on second thought they have a more primitive commonality. They're all cold blooded and have scales.
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SCALESSCALES presents critters that share a like-mindedness: unapologic predation. This arrangement had a paper measurement of about 9' x 6'.
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PYTHON FOREPT}YTHON FORE, watercolor, 2016, image 21 1/2" x 44 1/2"
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PYTTHON AFTPYTHON AFT, watercolor, 2016, image 25 1/2" x 44 1/2"
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KW-CAUGHT IIKW-CAUGHT II, watercolor, 2013, 21 1/2" x 23 1/4"
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KW-CAUGHT IIIKW-CAUGHT III, watercolor, 2014, image 29 1/4" x 9 7/8" This painting of a wahoo is also a product of my Key West residency.
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KW-CAUGHT IKW-CAUGHT I, watercolor, 2013, image 17" x 28" Another Key West image. This time a barracuda
PLANETS
Watercolor roundels that juxtapose the infinite (the ever changing sky) with the finite (man's attempt to bring order in the world with patterns). Much like the UP IN ARMS series, this group began in 2013 and continues today. While UP IN ARMS plays with viewer's expectations about common objects, the PLANETS are meditative and unapologetically beautiful.
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PLANETS 3X3PLANETS 3X3, watercolors, 2015-2016, each generally 20"round.
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MUGHAL SKY IIMUGHAL SKY II, watercolor, 2016, image 21 3/8 round. Here the pattern was inspired by a journey (March 2016) to Agra and the Taj Mahal.
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PLANET VIPLANET VI, watercolor, 2015, image 20" round. The border here derived from a medieval castle in Lazio province in Italy.
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PLANET IIIPLANET III, watercolor, 2015, image 20" round. The border was inspired by a Greek vase at the Walters Art Museum.
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PLANET XPLANET X, watercolor, 2016, image 20" round. The border was derived from a mosaic pavement at Ostia Antica, the former port of classical Rome.
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MUGHAL SKY IIIMUGHAL SKY III, watertcolor, 2016, 22 3/4" x 21 3/4". This border was also adapted from a stone lattice window in the Red Fort, Agra, India
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PLANET IXPLANET IX, watercolor, 2016, image 20" round. THe border was inspired by a frescoed interior of a church at Meteora, Greece.
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PLANET VPLANET V, watercolor, 2015, image 20" round. The border was adpated from a Roman mosaic in North Africa.
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PLANET VIIIPLANET VIII, watercolor, 2015, image 20" round. This Greeek border of anthemions and lotus flowers was seen in Agrigento, Sicily.
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SKY AIPEN IVSKY AIPEN IV, watercolor and gouache, 2016, image 20" round. Aipen is a traditional painting style from the northern India state of Uttarakhand.