Chill November's Surly Blast . RSA Diploma Collection
Elected ARSA: 14 November 1888
Elected RSA: 12 February 1902
Thomas Scott was born in Selkirk in 1854. After his studies he worked, for a time in the tailoring and clothier business, but against his parents' wishes he decided to become an artist and entered the Trustees’ School at the Mound, later attending the Royal Scottish Academy Life School.
His works were primarily done in watercolour, and he exhibited for the first time at the Academy in 1878 and contributed regularly thereafter.
