Scott's work reminds me of that of my favorite decorator
of all time, the redoubtable, the august, Belgian antiquaire,
Axel Vervoordt, Western avatar of the ancient Japanese
aesthetic philosophy, wabi-sabi, on which he has written
a book (see review in HYLAND, Edition 7). Scott, too, is
steeped in things Asian, having a studio in Shanghai,
where she has completed important projects and being
married to the famous Chinese painter, Wenda Gu.
Both Scott and Verwoordt create interiors just this side
of somber; I prefer to call the atmosphere they achieve
reverent. Theirs are serious rooms; only the heart of the
foolish is in the house of mirth.
Both Scott and Verwoordt employ pale yellows—pollen
or amber—and charcoal grey as anchors for their
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