Scott L. Christensen

Given that he rarely picked up an artist’s brush until his college years, some would say Scott Christensen came to the canvas late. Yet, in a sense, art was with him all along. One of his strongest memories of his Wyoming boyhood is visits with his grandfather, who, having been injured in a farm accident and confined to a wheelchair, gave himself over to painting. “What I remember best in that house,” Scott says, “is the smell of paint.”

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Christensen’s work has been exhibited in many prestigious museums and shows throughout the country, including the National Academy of Western Art; the Prix de West Invitational at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City; the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma; the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming; the Denver Art Museum; the Salmagundi Club in New York; the Masters of the American West Fine Art Exhibition and Sale at the Autry National Center of the American West; and the Salon d’ Arts at the Colorado History Museum.

Christensen has been the recipient of many honors throughout his art career, including the Northwest Rendezvous Jurors’ Award of Merit in 1993 and 1994; Most Distinguished Alumni of Chadron State College, 1997; and the Prix de West Award for his painting Wind River Ice in 2000. This painting, along with 61 others, is reproduced in Christensen’s 140-page book The Art of Scott L. Christensen.

He has taught workshops at Disney Animation Studios, Scottsdale Artists School, Fredericksburg Art School, and the Fechin Institute, and his work has been featured in American Artist, Art of the West, Images West, Persimmon Hill, Southwest Art, Western Art Collector, and Wildlife Art.

Christensen and his wife, Kristie, currently reside in Victor, Idaho, where he recently completed construction on his new Craftsman-style studio and elegant exhibition space where collectors are welcome to visit.

Scott L. Christensen is represented by Christensen Studio Inc., Victor, Idaho.