Bob Scott

Bob Scott has long been known and loved as a Marietta artist. His beautiful landscapes and drawings will be on exhibit at The Castle during the month of November.

A native of Marietta, he attended Marietta high school in the same class with our own Stewart Bosley (last owner of The Castle) and Catherine Remley (former Curator at Campus Martius Museum). They graduated together in 1930.

From Marietta, he went to Ohio State University to study Architecture and Engineering. It was during those years of architecture classes that Bob began to draw and then to paint. After getting his degree in 1937, he used his artistic ability to present to his clients his ideas about new construction. There are numerous schools, homes, and business buildings in Marietta as a result.

For many years Bob was in partnership with fellow architect, Will Eesley. The Marietta YMCA, Putnam Community Church, and Peoples Banking and Trust branch banks all head their beginnings on the drawing boards of Eesley and Scott. Another beloved Marietta native Jack Iams also worked with them for awhile.

After his retirement in 1988, Bob focused on his fine art. Several local homes and landscapes are illustrated by Scott's clever way with paint and ink. "I love the transparency of watercolor. The light comes through it and back out, and gives the paint an exposure that is very exciting. You're never sure what you will come out with, and that's the challenge."

Using a trained eye, Scott pays special attention to the assorted architectural features of his watercolor buildings. All require shading to affect light and emphasize the definite shape of country houses and downtown buildings. The key aspects to be considered right from the beginning in Scott's works are scale and perspective of his many buildings on canvas. However, he also reveals a robust love of wide skies and vivid shadings as if the sun were very strong and needed a little washing or blending from his palette.