Scott Allen Shaver

Scott Allen Shaver is a manager, a civil engineer and a fine art photographer.

Personal life

Born in Sylmar, California and educated in Sylmar public schools through Sylmar High School until he moved with his parents to Visalia, California, where he graduated from Mt. Whitney High School. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, and a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering and a Master of Business Administration with Distinction, at California State University, Fresno. He studied landscape photography with John Sexton, Ansel Adams' assistant. He and Lucien Clergue conducted a workshop in Death Valley, California.

His three major exhibitions are:

Fresno Portraits exhibited twenty-seven portraits of more than fifty influential citizens of Fresno, California. Faces of Hanford exhibited forty portraits of civic and business leaders who were important to the town of Hanford, California. Portraits of Tulare exhibited thirty-eight portraits of community leaders in Tulare, California.

Other themes in Scott's work include landscapes, figure work, fashion, and details of found objects. Scott produces much of his work in large format black and white images, and in medium format color and black and white images. Throughout his work, Scott aims for simplicity and boldness of image, purity of technical means, and brightness of colors when they are used Dates Title Location 20 March 1988 – 10 April 1988 Artist of the Month Spectrum Gallery, Fresno, CA 22 March 1992 – 29 March 1992 A Visual Symphony in Four Movements Spectrum Gallery, Fresno, CA 2 September 1994– 2 October 1994 The Order in Nature Spectrum Gallery, Fresno, CA 15 February 1995 – 19 March 1995 Natural Form Cort Gallery, Three Rivers, CA 18 September 1995 – 3 November 1995 Landscapes Fresno City Hall, Fresno, CA September 1995 Scott Shaver Henry Madden Library, California State University, Fresno, CA 27 July 1996 – 25 August 1996 Annual Members Exhibition Spectrum Gallery, Fresno, CA 6 October 1996 – 3 November 1996 1996 Invitational/Guest Artist Exhibition Spectrum Gallery, Fresno, CA 6 October 1996 – 24 November 1996 Faces of Hanford Kings Art Center, Hanford, CA 28 August 1999 – 26 September 1999 Yosemite Renaissance XIV Kings Art Center, Hanford, CA 7 January 2000 – 4 March 2000 Spectrum Gallery Special Museum Exhibit Tulare Historical Museum, Tulare, CA 20 April 2001 – 20 May 2001 A Retrospective of Explorations—Five Exhibitions in One Spectrum Gallery, Fresno, CA 9 November 2001 – 30 December 2001 Scott Shaver: Pursuit of Passion Tulare Historical Museum, Tulare, CA