Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Studio Progress for STILL show

I am working on a new painting that is a bit more narrative. This is a in progress shot. This painting will be shown at the STILL show in November.

Friday, October 15, 2010

A Interview with lamusicblog.com

Recently I interviewed with lamusicblog.com discussing my work and Cloud Cult. Check out the blog here:

Another sneak peak at the progress in the studio!


Both are paintings in progress for the STILL show on November 6th @ Tarnish & Gold.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Scott West STILL show details!!!

OPENING PARTY SATURDAY NOV 6TH 7:00 - 11:00 p.m.

with a special performance from musical guests: THE WAPSIPINICON


A screening of the CLOUD CULT documentary No One Said It Would be Easy on Thursday, November 11th 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.


A panel discussion on the relationship between art and music on December 1st.

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.


West will take up residence in the gallery during Tarnish & Gold’s open hours to paint live producing new work for the STILL show, building off of West’s performative artistic practice. Stop by and see how the show evolves.


MINNEAPOLIS, MN- Painter Scott West, known internationally for his work as a member of the band CLOUD CULT, is proud to announce his first solo gallery exhibition, “STILL”, opening November 6 at the Tarnish & Gold Gallery in Northeast Minneapolis. For “STILL”, West will exhibit 30 new studio works, all dated from 2010.


West’s choice of “STILL” as the title for his first solo gallery show is not without irony. There is nothing sedate about West’s canvases, with highly developed pictorial areas bouncing off of dynamic abstractions and explosions of color, they are “still” only as far as they are pigment fixed on canvas. West’s breakneck rate of production is also the opposite of “still”. While painting on stage with CLOUD CULT he literally has 45 minutes to create a work and even though the works for “STILL” have been created more slowly in the studio, for West that means working on a painting a day, often on more than one painting at a time. Once the works are in the Tarnish & Gold space, even then they will not remain “still”; as West takes up residency in the gallery he will re-arrange the show as he sees fit. “I hope,” he says with a mischievous twinkle, “that it will be a completely different show when it comes down from when it went up.”


TARNISH & GOLD Gallery hours:

Tuesday - Saturday

3:00 pm - 8:00 pm

1511 Marshall St NE Minneapolis

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

10/5/10 - Latest from the Studio

This is a snapshot from the studio. The painting on the right was started and completed today. I have been trying to keep on pace with a painting a day. These paintings will be shown at the Tarnish & Gold gallery show in November. The show opens November 6th. Keep checking with the blog for studio and gallery updates!

Monday, October 4, 2010

Still - New Works by Scott West November 6th - December 5th

STILL - New works by Scott West November 6th - December 5th
Tarnish & Gold Gallery
1511 Marshal St. NE
Minneapolis MN 55413

Opening reception November 6th @ 7:00 p.m.
with a special performance from:
The Wapsipinicon