Scot Rittenbaum

"An important part of my evolved take on living is having decided in August 2019 to relocate  from Atlanta, Georgia to Charleston, South Carolina so my wife Karen and I could live close to  family and to begin my new career as a full-time artist. Undoubtedly the journey my family and  I traversed in our eldest daughter’s valiant and graceful experiences in the worlds of cystic  fibrosis, double lung transplant, and her passing – and the many, many ways it impacted our  lives as individuals and as a family – contributes to the foundational soul of my art. 

I try to embrace my feelings whether happy, sad, joyous, thankful, questioning or whatever else  it may be and express them freely (a challenge I love) as I employ color, line, shape, and texture to create mainly abstract works. While I manage some degree of control, I try to let the magic  happen through the healing journey of letting go and seeing what happens. Playing a part in  revealing something in an uncertain way is exhilarating and fulfilling. While being a full-time  artist is a recent development for me, I have been drawing and painting for nearly 50 years, primarily self-taught – sometimes steadily, sometimes not for a year or more. Many times, I  yearned to be a professional artist; however, I made other decisions for which I do not have  regrets as I have truly worked with and built relationships with some of the best people I could  ever dream of knowing. 

While I hope others will find meaning, comfort, beauty, joy or whatever touches them in my  art, I want you to know that my love, heart, and soul are in each artwork influenced by journey,  family, friends and increasingly the Lowcountry of South Carolina."