Your Creative Push

Richard T Scott is a painter, writer, and coin designer for the United States Mint living in the Hudson Valley. His paintings are in museum collections in North America and Europe. One of his coin designs commemorating Fort Moultrie will be on the new quarter released into circulation this November.  Richard is represented by Paul Booth Gallery in New York City and Galerie L'Oeil du Prince in Paris. Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/richardtscott In this episode, Richard discusses: -How he got involved with the United States Mint and his first quarter that is going to be minted of Fort Moultrie. -How paintings do not stand the test of time, but coins and sculptures do. -An important lesson he learned from his friend in high school about the difference between natural talent and hard work. -How JMW Turner was inspired by Claude Lorrain. -Things that have held him back during his art career, such as financial strain and crippling doubt. -The cloud that hung over his head for a long time, where he didn