Scott was born in Chicago in 1958. He graduated with a BFA in Visual Communications from Northern Illinois Uni., Specializing in the fields of art history, photography, drawing, design and painting. After graduating, he was hired as an Art Director for a major Chicago advertising agency...

Four years later, he moved to NYC to serve as a Creative Director with a number of advertising's top agencies.
Shellstrom painted while maintaining his full-time position. His first NYC exhibition was in 1990 at Soho's UOLO. In 1991 his work appeared at one of NYC's most prestigious galleries of realistic works, Gallery Henoch.
Soon he was commissioned to paint for various Hollywood notables, including Burt Reynolds and John Larroquette.
In 1996, Shellstrom moved to Venice, California. He was selected to appear in Armand Hammer Museum's "Emerging Artists" show in 1997. In 1999 LA County Museum Art & Sales Gallery selected Scott's "Trash" series to hang on it's fabled walls. Today you may view his work there.
His new series is in progress, "Venice. Where the city meets the sea" paintings reveal the dichotomy of the beach's beauty and the grit of urban life.
Many of his paintings are available, to contact him by email write scott@shellstrom.com … Read More