LPAPA Signature Artist Scott Burdick
King, North Carolina
ScottBurdick.com
Scott Burdick was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1967 where his mother and father early on encouraged his interest in Art. “I spent a lot of time in hospitals as a child and remember my mother showing me how to transform simple shapes like circles, triangles, and squares into objects like planes, helicopters, and fish. It seemed such a magical thing and made spending so much time in casts and on crutches much more bearable.”
In high school, Scott began taking life-drawing classes at the American Academy of Art under the legendary Bill Parks. “Though I’d always loved drawing, it was Mr. Parks who filled me with the enthusiasm and discipline necessary to improve my skills. His love of painting and creative expression infected us all.” After finishing the Academy, Scott continued his study informally with Richard Schmid at the Palette and Chisel Art Club, where he met his wife, painter Susan Lyon. “It’s a wonderful thing being able to paint together all the time and grow as artists together,” Scott says.
Scott has received numerous awards for his work including the 1996 Oil Painters of America Award of Excellence, the 1999 and 2000 Laguna Plein Air Painting Invitational Artist Choice Awards, 2002 Laguna Plein Air Invitational Honorable Mention Award, 2003 Laguna Plein Air Invitational Best in Show Artists’ Choice Award, the 2007 Western Rendezvous of Art Artist Choice Award, 2010 Portrait Society of America First Place Award, and 2015 Prix de West Show Buyers Choice Award. Scott participated as an invited plein air painter in the prestigious Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting invitational five times (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2006). Scott is an invited master artist in the LPAPA Gallery’s 2025 special exhibition “LPAPA Beyond the Landscape” featuring works by Jove Wang, Scott Burdick and Dan McCaw.
