Scott Baldassari was born in Chicago and encouraged by a family full of artists. He is a self-taught artist without any 'institutional' art training. He first came to the Ozarks in the 1970s, and later left a hectic business life and returned in search of a simpler lifestyle.'I've spent chunks of the last 30 years exhibiting at Art & Craft shows, selling my work to gift shops and galleries in a dozen different states, painting Plein air, selling direct, and doing commissions. Life is Good.Today the Artist has a Studio in his home at Deer Arkansas, runs the Nelms Gallery in Jasper...more
