The Art of Mysterious Old American Snapshots

Figurative Artwork by: Scott Hunt, NYC

Scott Hunt is a figurative artist whose discipline is drawing (charcoal and pastel on paper); he has shown internationally, and his work is part of the permanent collection of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Hunt’s drawings have a droll, subtly wry quality and take their inspiration from mysterious, uncomfortable, hilarious and sad moments in 1940s and 50s amateur photography, conferring upon them a new sense of life.

Hunt describes other people’s snapshots as “little mysteries; they have a history that’s lost and that can’t be accessed. That severed link to the past fascinates me and gives me a vague sense of anxiety that compels me to create my own stories about who these people were, what brought them to this particular moment in time, and what preceded and followed the snap of the shutter.” LINK