As an artist, Scott A. Trimble possesses the unique capability of illuminating emotions and feelings through his palette, subject, and even within the evocative titles of his work. Each picture tells a story: his paintings are inherently narrative, both poetic and fairytale-like, interwoven with feeling, memory, and the wonder of dreams. His writerly titles lead the viewer deep into imagery that evokes two worlds: ours, and another more surreal landscape of the mind and spirit.
Trimble says that his art revolves around events, memories, and feelings, which combined create involving visual narratives that are unique and spirited. His work is inspired by “the same things that inspire me as a human being: love, kindness, and tolerance above all else. My paintings tell stories that are distilled down to emotions. Some people may find my images dark — and some of them are in fact dark. But my aim has always been to engage people’s curiosity long enough for them to find something relatable about my work. As far as I am concerned, if that happens, then i have achieved my goal of fostering as much tolerance as possible.”
Throughout his many years of painting, he notes that his work has kept “an identifiable personality” albeit one which has shifted in approach as time goes on. “Change is constant and unstoppable,” Trimble says, “I am not the person I was two seconds ago. Everything changes and I love that fact!”
Thematically, he says his work is “focused on love and pairing.” It’s a natural for for his work and his personal life, and the overall rebuilding process he expresses that he is going through after a year away from work due to illness. “That is my first priority. I have a sizeable stock of work,” he says, adding that, “My work is alive, meaning that I work frequently with existing paintings. If there is one you love please let us know before it gets reworked!”
Three times in the past, Trimble has reworked canvases only to find art lovers who wanted to own the original art. Like his motion-filled art, which often seems to capture a perfect, but brief snapshot in time, the artist himself is always in motion.
His prefered medium is oils. In fact, he’s never painted with anything other than oil paint. However, in his second life working in a law firm, he has used cardboard shipping material during lunchtime hours, working with “highlighters, sharpies and whiteout” to create beautiful on-the-fly mixed media works. In case you can’t tell, Trimble is constantly creating. He is an artist’s artist, in love with the act of making art.
These small works are treasures that he occasionally gives away, and will in fact be giving some at the closing of his current solo exhibition at Diversions Fine Arts in Manhattan Beach. The show concludes with an artists’ talk on May 30th from 1:00 to 3:30. “I have a box of those handy and I will be happy to give one to anyone who is at Diversions Fine Arts on May 30th,” Trimble asserts.
Diversions Fine Arts Gallery is located at 1069 N. Aviation Blvd. in Manhattan Beach.
- Genie Davis; photos provided by the artist and by Davis
Really cool art. He likes painting a lot like I do. But he likes change, which I do not, but he’s right it happens anyway.