The Artist

Gregory Scaff was born in 1961 to Robert Scaff, a computer programmer, and Jacqueline, a fashion model. Primarily self-taught, Gregory has painted from an early age.  

Clearwater High School, Florida.  Marooned on an island.  The University of South Florida. Dream Quest:  Nassau, Amsterdam, Budapest, the Arctic.  Gauguin, Derain, Renoir, Frazetta.  Anthropology, Diogenes.  Galleries, art festivals, poetry readings.  Psychiatric counselor, gallery manager.  Conventions, art shows, www.SuccubusArts.com .

Revelling in acrylic paint as an incandescent medium, Gregory paints both figures and abstracts with a clear and original artistic purpose. He is an edgy, visionary artist stylistically inspired in his figurative works by the Fauves and the Post-Impressionists.  Gregory often paints subjects from mythology, from the future, or from the fetish imagery of the sexual underground.

In Gregory’s Abstract Expressionist paintings, he expresses the validity of Being, by incorporating the stuff of the body- sperm, hair, and blood, directly onto the canvas. The passionate, seemingly random, Dadaesque process of splattering the paint and fluids, in a method similar to Jackson Pollock, is as important as the finished piece.

A sex positive advocate in his art, Gregory delights in the incandescent holiness of flesh. Through his paintings, Gregory explores Pagan themes of politics, sexuality, liberation, and Alternative lifestyles. 

The care and research he puts into creating his acrylic paintings are reflected in their craftsmanship. Gregory’s works are in the collections of satisfied fine art customers coast to coast and internationally.

Solo Exhibitions
Midnight, Washington D.C. 2011
Midnight, Washington D.C. 2010
Bound, Washington D.C. 2007
Bound, Washington D.C. 2007
Gryphon Grove Gallery, Hardwick Vt. 2005
Rochester Public Library, Rochester Vt. 1998-1999
The Artist’s Guild, Rochester Vt. 1994

Group Exhibitions
Anthrocon Convention, Pittsburgh, Pa. 2008
Fetish Fair, Boston, Ma. 2008
Arisia Convention, Boston, Ma. 2007
Arisia Convention, Boston, Ma. 2006
Fetish Fair, Boston, Ma. 2006
Fetish Fair, Boston, Ma. 2005
Howard Offices, Burlington Vt. 2004
First Unitarian Universalist Society, Burlington, Vt.2004
Howard Offices, Burlington, Vt. 2003
First Unitarian Universalist Society, Burlington, Vt. 2003
Rose Street Gallery, Burlington, Vt. 2003
Pandora’s Box Gallery, Randolph, Vt. 2003
Community College of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. 2003
Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, Vt. 2002
McLure Center, Burlington, Vt. 2002
First Congregational Church, Burlington Vt. 2002
Sulis Circle Festival, Groton, Vt. 2001
The First Unitarian Universalist Society, Burlington, Vt. 2000
The Chandler Gallery, Randolph Vt. 1997
The Artist’s Guild Art Festival, Rochester, Vt. 1997
The White River Valley Players, Rochester, Vt.1997
The Chandler Gallery, Randolph, Vt. 1996
The Artist’s Guild Art Festival, Rochester, Vt. 1996
The Artist’s Guild Art Festival, Rochester, Vt. 1995
Claudes and Choices, Killington, Vt. 1995
The Artist’s Guild, Rochester, Vt. 1994-1999
From the Storm, Sydney, Australia 1994
Do While Gallery, Boston, Ma. 1993
Art Celebration, St. Petersburg, Fl. 1992
New World Gallery, Boston, Ma. 1989

Articles and Show Reviews 
Seven Days, Burlington, Vt., May 21, 2003
Counterpoint Fall, Burlington, Vt., 2003
Seven Days, Burlington, Vt., May 7, 2003
The Herald, Randolph, Vt., May 1, 2003
Seven Days, Burlington, Vt., December 4, 2002
BiblioFile, Burlington, Vt., December, 2002
The Herald, Randolph, Vt., December 12, 1996
The Herald, Randolph, Vt., June 20, 1996
The Herald, Randolph, Vt., January 25, 1996
The Herald, Randolph, Vt., August 1994
Newsweek Magazine, December 13, 1993
From the Storm Catalog, Boston, Ma. November, 1993

Publications
“Aumakua”, Circle Works, Burlington, Vt., November, 2001
“Never Kiss a Black Cat”, Circle Works, Burlington, Vt., June, 2001
Valley Literary Magazine, Rochester, Vt. 1997
Obelisk Magazine, St. Petersburg, Fl. 1981

Chapbooks
Furball, May, 2004
Facts Sheet April, 2001
Poems, Prayers, and Curses, October, 2000
Towards Language, September, 2000
Pardon the Typos, July, 2000
Odin’s L 1980

Lectures
“Trends in Medieval Art”, The Artist’s Guild Gallery, Rochester, Vt., July 1996

EDUCATION
Art History, The Community College of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.  2003
Live Art Classes, The Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, Vt. 2000-2001
Live Art Classes, Teacher; Linda Burgio, RISD. The Artist’s Guild Gallery, Rochester, Vt.1994-1995
Live Art Classes, The Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Ma. 1989
Renaissance Painting Techniques, The Museum School of Boston, Boston, Ma.  1989
German, The University of Vienna, Austria. 1985
B.A. Anthropology, The University of South Florida, Tampa, Fl. 1983