Scott Bartner

Scott E. Bartner was born in Washington, D.C. in 1960 and grew up in the suburbs of Bethesda, Maryland. Upon completing his MBA Scott pursued a career as a financial analyst, painting in his spare time. After meeting and showing his work to the noted Washington artist and teacher Frank Wright in 1991, Scott was advised to study with Danni Dawson, a prize student of Nelson Shanks. Scott decided to put an end to his business career and to paint full time. In 1993 he moved to Maastricht, where he established himself as a professional portrait painter. Since then he has received numerous portrait commissions throughout Europe and the United States. Scott currently resides in Maastricht with his second wife Marianne.

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