Scott Affleck is a genuine renaissance man in the dark age of postmodernism. His interests in music, psychology and philosophy have deeply influenced his work. Many of Affleck's oil paintings take from two to three years to complete. He collects figure studies for paintings as a composer collects melodies for a symphony and often spends months working out the composition of a painting in drawing. Once the drawing of the figures is complete, he looks for a landscape to accompany the grace of the figures.

"In painting I set out to restore the ethical optimisism that existed from the renaissance to the enlightenment. Art fell into material pessimism without ethics as the foundation of culture. The work has been inspired by masters that reflect a reverence for life, from Botticelli to Puvis de Chavannes." Affleck lives in New Jersey and is an active member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club. He regularly writes for the club's journal the, "Sketch Papers." He is available for portrait commissions.