Bee Gees Art! - A Conversation with Artist Scott Campbell

Bee Gees (And Me)

My guest on my Bee Gees And Me podcast this week is Scott Campbell, an artist who has channeled his love for the Bee Gees into his artwork and then uses that artwork to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. He’s literally using his time and talents to help sick and dying children. It doesn’t get any more inspirational than this!! Not too long ago he posted his portrait of Barry Gibb on Facebook and it created quite the stir in one of the Bee Gees Facebook groups. The mixed reviews were quite comical, and when Gibb family members started to become involved in the comments section, things got even more interesting! Scott shares some insight into his feelings about all of this during our chat.

I like to consider myself an artist, or at least over the years I have dabbled in various forms of art. I used to draw a ton as a kid, super into comic books and all that stuff. My grandfather was an amazing painter and sculptor, but he didn’t really do much of that until he retired. He labored in the steel mills for years and years, then retired to become this amazing artist. He was definitely an inspiration when I was a kid. I like to think I inherited some of his talent. I did some drawings and paintings through school, but never pursued it to a point where I became an expert or something like that. My parents wouldn’t let me do anything like that for a living, I had to “grow up” or ‘get a real job.’ So art was always a hobby I did on the side. Graphic arts, performing arts, t-shirt design, even stuff like this, videos and podcasting, can be art. But I’ve always wondered what it would have been like if I was able to put more effort into that sort of thing when I was younger. And, of course, during this pandemic one does a lot of thinking and a lot of soul searching. Many of us were quarantined at home, so there was alot of time on our hands. I was home with my two small children, and I saw my oldest son, Griffin - he’s 5, he’s always drawing and scribbling and writing and stuff. There’s paper everywhere. So I decided I would start drawing with him. Superheroes, doodles, stuff like that. And then I got a couple better pencils, and then some better paper. And before I knew it, I was drawing pictures of the Bee Gees. BECAUSE OF COURSE I WOULD. Haha.

I did a couple, you can see them on my social media accounts. @BEE GEESANDME on Instagram and Twitter, and "Bee Gees And Me" on Facebook. In a crazy twist, the Bee Gees social media pages actually shared my drawings! Which was an absurd honor. So I’ve been encouraged to follow this art thing a little bit more, you know, why not? This pandemic hasn’t really been great for my creativity at times, but it’s also made things alot clearer in some ways too. What’s important? What am I passionate about? What inspires me?

Which is why I’m so excited about this episode. Like I said at the top of the show, this is about ART this is about LOVE. Scott Campbell has channeled his love for the Bee Gees into his artwork and then uses that artwork to raise money for charity. Like, he’s literally helping sick and dying children. It doesn’t get ANY MORE INSPIRATIONAL THAN THIS.

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