Megan and Margaret: New Artist at The Summer House

We are so excited to welcome Scott Kahn to The Summer House. On Saturday we put up four prints and we've had a great response already. Scott's statement says it all:

I consider my work to be a visual diary, a record of my life, a reporting of the
places and people I encounter. It is not easy to begin a painting, despite the variety and
complexity of the world. It is important to me to have a reason to paint, for the impulse
to be strong. If I do not feel compelled to work, how can I expect the viewer to respond
to what I am reporting? If I am successful, hopefully, the painting will have depth,
poetry, and honesty. The effect should be direct and clear. To achieve this result, a
creative person calls upon every tool available to him: technical, emotional, intuitive, and
intellectual. The act of creating, therefore, teaches us and reveals to us who we are and
our relationship to life. This is why I paint. - Scott Kahn