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Welcome to the Art Resource Center — a growing collection of videos, artist features, educational materials, and creative resources designed to inspire learning, exploration, and community engagement through the arts.

Philip Scott Johnson — Featured Digital Artist

The Marion Arts Commission is                                                             honored to feature the visionary works                                                          of Philip Scott Johnson, an internationally                                           recognized digital artist from St. Louis                                                    whose groundbreaking video art                                                           captivated audiences around the world.

Inspired by Pablo Picasso’s quote, “Everything you can imagine is real,” Johnson developed a remarkable artistic style that transformed still images into living visual experiences through the seamless morphing of portraits, photography, and fine art. His innovative works have been viewed by millions online and exhibited internationally, including at the Kawaguchi Art Gallery in Tokyo and the White Square Gallery in Las Vegas.

Though professionally accomplished in business and financial planning, Philip’s artistic vision became his lasting legacy. His celebrated works, including 500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art and Women in Film, continue to inspire viewers through their beauty, technical mastery, and emotional depth.

Philip Scott Johnson passed away on January 23, 2023, at the age of 56. His work remains a powerful reminder of the imagination, creativity, and humanity that art can bring into the world.

500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art

Featured Artist: Philip Scott Johnson Music: Bach's Sarabande from Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 performed by Yo-Yo Ma Nominated as Most Creative Video 2nd Annual YouTube Awards Featured on Santana's Transmorgify Tour 2017 Created using Abrosoft Fantamorph

500 Years of Male Self Portraits in Western Art

Featured Artist: Phillip Scott Johnson                          Music: Music: Bach's Bouree 1 and 2 from Suite for Solo Cello No. 3, BWV 1009 performed by Antonio Meneses.

Self Portraits

Artists in order of appearance:
0:08 - Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519 
0:15 - Francisco Goya 1746-1828 
0:22 - Albrecht Dürer 1471-1528 
0:29 - Sir Joshua Reynolds 1723-1792 
0:35 - Rembrandt 1606-1669 
0:42 - Andy Warhol 1928-1987 
0:48 - William-Adolphe Bouguereau 1825-1905 
0:55 - Henri Matisse 1869-1954 
1:02 - Eugène Delacroix 1798-1863 
1:09 - Jean-François Millet 1814-1875 
1:15 - Jan van Eyck 1395-1441 
1:22 - Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640 
1:28 - James McNeill Whistler 1834-1903
1:35 - John Singer Sargent 1856-1925 
1:42 - Kazimir Malevich 1878-1935 
1:49 - Nicolas Poussin 1594-1665 
1:55 - Paul Cézanne 1839-1906 
2:02 - Paul Gauguin 1848-1903 
2:08 - Vincent Van Gogh 1853-1890 
2:15 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828-1882
2:22 - Diego Velázquez 1599-1660 
2:28 - Nicholas Hilliard 1547-1619 
2:35 - Anthony van Dyck 1599-1641 
2:41 - Titian 1485-1576 
2:48 - Paolo Veronese 1528-1588
2:55 - Lucas Cranach the Elder 1472-1553 
3:01 - Édouard Manet 1832-1883 
3:08 - Pablo Picasso 1881-1973

Women In Film

Featured Artist: Phillip Scott Johnson                          Music: Bach's Prelude from Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 performed by Yo-Yo Ma

Women In Film

Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Gloria Swanson, Marlene Dietrich, Norma Shearer, Ruth Chatterton, Jean Harlow, Katharine Hepburn, Carole Lombard, Bette Davis, Greta Garbo, Barbara Stanwyck, Vivien Leigh, Greer Garson, Hedy Lamarr, Rita Hayworth, Gene Tierney, Olivia de Havilland, Ingrid Bergman, Joan Crawford, Ginger Rogers, Loretta Young, Deborah Kerr, Judy Garland, Anne Baxter, Lauren Bacall, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Lana Turner, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, Audrey Hepburn, Dorothy Dandridge, Shirley MacLaine, Natalie Wood, Rita Moreno, Janet Leigh, Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren, Ann Margret, Julie Andrews, Raquel Welch, Tuesday Weld, Jane Fonda, Julie Christie, Faye Dunaway, Catherine Deneuve, Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, Isabella Rossellini, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon, Jessica Lange, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sigourney Weaver, Kathleen Turner, Holly Hunter, Jodie Foster, Angela Bassett, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone, Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts, Salma Hayek, Sandra Bullock, Julianne Moore, Diane Lane, Nicole Kidman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron, Reese Witherspoon, Halle Berry.

Ancient Greek and Roman Statues

Featured Artist: Philip Scott Johnson               Made with Adobe After Effects
Music: "Fresh Air" by Jerry Palmer

Ancient Greek and Roman Statues

1)  Venus de Milo 0:10
2)   Discobolos  0:20
3)  Nymph with a Shell  0:25
4)  Drunken Dionysos and Satyr  0:35
5)  Mattei Athena  0:40
6)  Asclepios Timotheos  0:50
7)  Augustus of Prima Porta  0:55
8)  Wounded Niobid  1:05
9)  Artemis of Gabii  1:10
10)  Ludovisi Gaul  1:20
11)  Apollo Citharoedus  1:25
12)  Hermes of the Museo Pio-Clementino  1:35
13)  Sleeping Ariadne  1:40
14)  Laocoon and His Sons  1:50