Michael Scott was born in Lawrence, Kansas. He studied painting at the Kansas City Art Institute, where he received his BFA. He was a recipient of the Skowhegan painting fellowship in Skowhegan, Maine, and received his MFA from the University of Cincinnati in Ohio. His paintings of the American landscape and the American West have been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums and was included in the 41st Corcoran Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting. He lives in Santa Fe.
