L. Scooter Morris is an American painter and fabric designer. Working in a self-defined medium known as “Sculpted Paintings,". Morris’ work focuses on themes inspired by current events in politics, landscapes, and an examination of Americana.
Early life and education L. Scooter Morris was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a child, she was drawn to the visual arts by the city's various art programs and regular school trips to the Carnegie Museum of Art.
Morris attended Temple University (TU) in the Tyler School of Art and Architecture, then moved to Rome, Italy. Returning to the United States, Morris attended the University of Southern California, where she attained a Bachelor of Fine Arts and performed post-graduate work at UCLA.
Career and sculpted paintings Morris' uses an artistic style called "Sculpted Paintings". She has produced landscape works such as "September", "We Are the People" and the triptych "Places I Remember."
Eventually, Morris adapted the Sculpted Painting style to begin a series based on variations and rearrangements of the American flag, with The Christian Century including "The United States of Gun" in their August 1, 2018 issue.
Morris’s work also explores the themes of justice and equality.
Tipping Point In 2025, to coincide with the Morris' Santa Fe solo-show We Are the People, she created a short film to accompany the exhibition, which combines still images from the show's pieces along with spoken narrative by Morris herself. +YearAwardCategoryResult2025Indie Cine Tube Awards, Season 15Best Short Films (Less than 40 minutes)Won2025Spring Film Festival of KeralaBest Social Awareness FilmWon202524 Hours Film ChallengeBest MessageNominated202524 Hours Film ChallengeBest Experimental FilmNominated2025Celluloid Dreams International Film FestivalBest Short FilmNominated2025Pageant Film FestivalBest PoemNominated2025Atlanta Movie AwardsBest Experimental ShortNominated2025Washington Film AwardsBest Micro FilmWon2025Rome International Short FestivalMicro ShortWon2025Denver Movie AwardsBest First Time Filmmaker ShortWon2026Chicago Filmmaker AwardsBest Experimental FilmWon2026Florence Indie Film FestivalBest Micro ShortWon2026Everybody is Somebody: Albuquerque Film FestivalBest ScriptWon
Exhibitions
Exchange Rate, Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe (2025) Red Dot, Art Basel, Miami (2024) Packard Group National Exhibition, No. 7 Center Gallery, Vermillion (2022) Double Sided, East Village Art Collection, New York City (2022) Objects of Art, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, Santa Fe (2022) Rituals of Resistance, The Urban Collective, New Haven (2020) Happy Little Clouds, City of Santa Fe Arts Commission Community Gallery, Santa Fe (2017) Exhibitionism, Saatchi Gallery, Paris (2016) Treading on My Dreams (solo), Wiford Gallery, Santa Fe (2015)
Notable works
"The Lamp", purchased by D.C. Attorney General (Former) Karl Racine "September", featured on the cover of the June 8, 2022 issue of the New Mexico Bar Bulletin “United States of Gun”, featured by American Eagle Outfitters at Times Square “Just Another Day”, showing in Albuquerque City Hall “Dude Where's My Flag: Read Between The Lines”, showing at First National Bank, Santa Fe Plaza
Including work by Morris
Art Ideal, 2025. Issue 5, published by Circle Foundation for the Arts. Art Legends of Our Time, 2025. Issue 2, published by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine.
Awards
Future of Art: Global Masterpiece Award, win (2025) Contemporary Art Curator Magazine: Art Legends of Our Time (2025) Circle Foundation of the Arts: Creative Excellence Award (2025) Best Art Awards: Nature/Landscape, honorable mention, for "The Sky is Everything" (2024)
References
External links Official website