Artists of the Month for May, June and July 2007
at the Long Beach Senior/Community Center

Scott Evers



Born, raised and life-long resident of the city of Long Beach, New York for 47 years. The ocean and seashore have always been major, but not exclusive, influences in my life and my photography.

I have been an avid self-taught film and digital photographer for most of my life, with little classical schooling. I did study for a brief but very productive time with renown equestrian and travel photographer, Nina Fuller in her studios. I have also been mentored by the best local artists here in Long Beach among them Amy Cohen, Bob Shanley, Michael McLaughlin, Kathleen Regan and Susan James among others. I also have had much success in bringing my art to fruition through the guidance and encouragement of numerous artists in West End Arts, Artists in Partnership, South Shore Camera Club, Long Island Arts Council and on Digital Image Cafe, an online community of photographers from all over the world.

I classify my artwork into two seperate and distinct categories, photography and digital art.

We live in exciting times for photography. The transition from film to digital has produced some exquisite new artforms as well as some very interesting philosophical dilemmas. With the advent of computer darkroom technology it is now far easier to make photographic images convey whatever we want, in essence lie. I believe a photograph is a document. A captured moment meant to convey the artists message as it appeared to the artist without manipulation of the elements of the composition. Enhancement (brightness, contrast, saturation adjustments) of an image does not invalidate it as a photograph.

Digital art is the extreme manipulation of photographic imagery to produce the artists message from elements outside of the original composition and is really where there is alot of unexplored territory today. Which makes this artform so exciting.

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Jason Pritchard

Jason Pritchard's first footsteps on his painting journey originated from a photographic safari trip to the National Kruger Park in South Africa back in 2003. However, a processing glitch at the photo developers managed to erroneously lose all of his safari pictures. Wondering how he could recreate his memories of this once in a lifetime trip he decided to tap into the medium of watercolor instead.

He practised with watercolor for the next few years in London and inadvertently uncovered a way to combine his love of travelling with a newly found enjoyment in painting.

By 2005, Jason had moved to Long Beach, New York where he began working in oils and had some of his artwork housed in a gallery shop in the town he loves, surfs and paints.

His artwork is mostly focused on landscapes which was inspired by growing up in East Anglia in the UK - a region of great beauty and romantic landscapes and is the spiritual heartland of England's famous painters, Gainsborough and Contable. Now his inspiration comes from painting scenes of Long Beach, Manhattan and places he has travelled to including Brazil, Argentina, Puerto Rico and across the United States.

He is a member of the New York Art Students League and West End Arts. Jason especially
Gives thanks to the great team at West End Arts who have provided a supportive backing and enabled various opportunities to exhibit to the public.