SC Warren was born and raised
in Columbus, Ohio and is a graduate of The Ohio State University
with a major in Social Science. His main infuses of study
was The Ancient Greeks and aspired to be Professor of Ancient
Greek History. However, circumstance prohibited him from
attending Graduate School.
Growing up he excelled at art, but no art
classes were ever taken beyond High School. As a schoolboy
of 15 or 16 he strongly suspected that he could paint and
create works of art but he had other priorities, sports
and girls. SC Warren decided to defer starting to painting
until he became, “an old fart”, 30 something.
That way he would have something to look forward to as his
“athletic prowess” started to wane.
Time passed and SC Warren found himself living
in Portugal, from 1984-1989. There he met a girl, who in
retrospect became his Muse. Through her influence he again,
began to think about art. And, remembering the promise he
made to himself as a schoolboy began to ponder the start.
Having now become that “old fart,” the time
was at hand.
However, with “life throwing some curve
ball”, nothing happened until February 1991. With
memories of his Muse and his time spent in Portugal, SC
Warren finally decided to now make it happen. Having moved
to Cocoa Beach, Florida, he walked into an art supply store,
with a $ 100 bill, and walked out with some art “stuff”.
He had no preconceived ideas as to what he was going to
purchase, but walked out with oil paints, brushes and blank
canvases. Why were watercolor, pastels, acrylics or etc
not chosen? Oil just seemed to be the only medium of chose.
The first work was a Portuguese seascape.
Next, SC Warren started a painting of his Muse. Teaching
himself as he went along he felt the painting was more complicated
than his current skill level would allow so he stopped and
went on to “a less complicated” another portrait.
This portrait was of a beautiful young woman from England.
The two were an “item” in Portugal for three
years. Both works were in progress when an opportunity presented
itself, in March of 1992, for him to move to the Cayman
Islands. The Caribbean Life Collection was started that
year, with the creation of Caribbean life # 1. The Caribbean
venue was the missing motivating ingredient.
Thus, it seems it took a Muse in Portugal
to give motivation and the Caribbean venue to provide inspiration
for SC Warren to discover his “ bialy wick”,
painting oil on canvas.
Caribbean Life #1, # 2 and #3 were only the
second third and fourth works completed by SC Warren. And
Caribbean Life #4 and #5 are currently works in progress;
with others to follow.
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