Companionism

Welcome to Companionism

The Story of David Scotland

The Story of David Scotland    

As an award-winning Renaissance Man, David Geoffrey Scotland is an artist, author, composer, and performer. He is also recognized as the father and founder of the 21st Century art movements called "Companionism" and "Quantum Aesthetics" in which pieces have an energetic "companion" or "companions" created for them to compliment them and to complete "the circle of electrical oneness we all share." A companion is an energetic piece that accompanies another.

This idea of pieces "sharing" a commonality is directly related to the artist's own personal philosophy of "helping the person in front of you. Be their companion in some way that does no harm. We live together, share the same resources, the same emotions, the same planet. It's time to recognize the physics of what art is actually doing to us, to realize the truth and value of healing electrical frequencies that resonate at the soul level, the level of faith, to help create a better world for all of us. My intention is to extend this science to others through my art with my sincere hope that it changes lives for the better. Everyone needs this kind of companionism. For me, who cares how 'good' art looks if it doesn't DO any good. I want to create good art -- quantum art -- that does good.

David also says that the actual physics of Companionism directly corresponds to the ground-breaking work of David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D., in that the art of Companionism is meant to actually help positively empower and heal the observer of it based on orthomolecular psychiatric dynamics and kinesiologic testing as per Dr. Hawkins calibrated "Map of Human Consciousness."

For the artist, companionism is more of a verb than a noun. "Companionism is something we do. The art is representational of this energetic dynamic, but it is also the dynamic itself. Literally. I could care less about stuffy philosophies from tired artworld mags. I'm interested in energetic aesthetics -- the physics of what the art is actually doing in the world, how it responds to and interacts with humanity. I am constantly wondering: 'Can art actually contribute to -- rather than take away from -- this world? Can art do something besides being an impetus for vacuous art philosophies, and 'suffering' artists' tirades and spectacles of death and destruction?' I think it can. In fact, I've seen how art can change lives for the better."

It's no secret that this idea of artworks sharing, harmonizing, and healing is directly related to the artist's personal worldview and spiritual practice of consciously intending to resonate at higher, healing frequencies. One way to do this, he says, is to "help the person in front of you. Be their companion in some way that does no harm, that actually lifts their frequency rather than destroys it. We live together, share the same resources, the same energies, the same planet. It's time to recognize that on a mass scale and stop being obsessed only with competing against each other. Instead, why not create actual good and healing frequencies with and for each other, and drop the moralizing that's been as hideous and deadly as the history of religion. My intention is to extend this science of frequencies to others through my art with my sincere hope that it changes lives for the better. Everyone needs this kind of companionism. For me, who cares how 'good' art looks if it doesn't DO any good. I want to create good art that does good -- I want to create art that actually empowers and heals humanity."

As the founder of Companionism, David has embarked on a national crusade and has committed himself to a mission of serving others and helping charitable causes. This inspiring way of life began with a small bakery in his hometown while working his way through school. He organized a program that gave day-old bakery food to the local homeless shelter, exposing him to the plight of the poor and marking a turning point in his life. He offered relief to the hungry by producing a benefit concert/fund raiser for the Clark County Council for the Homeless in Vancouver, Washington. The benefit featured solo piano performances by Scotland and vocal and instrumental performances by both his parents. His talented family raised over $4,000 in cash and helped donate over two full pallets of canned food to local homeless shelters.

Since then, Scotland has studied a wide range of various religious and spiritual paths, and continued creating and making art, music, poetry, and film projects. He was seeking "the Truth" about humanity and discovered that within mankind's inhumanity to mankind, there is another way out of the insanity. A way of peace, goodness, light, and self-empowerment guided by the Universe, or God, or whichever name works best for you. He calls it by both. In fact, he called upon the Universe to help him with a disturbing wake up call that visited him at the age of 26. Nobody knows how they would react IF they ever heard the words "You have ten years to live," and David Scotland was no exception. He was stunned into silence at 26 years old when his oncologist diagnosed him with a rare blood disorder called polycythemia -- the cancerous overproduction of red blood cells that often results in short life spans.

For the first few years after the diagnosis, the artist would have to wait for his test results every year that would determine how much longer he had to live. What is truly remarkable, however, is that the horrifying cycle never deterred him from his mission in life.

Says Scotland, "My mission was focused on life, and the eternal meaning of that life. I knew from the laws of physics that energy can neither be created nor destroyed but it can change form. So I just figured that if the bulls and the bees don't get all these human diseases, then maybe this movie we call life isn't what most people think it is. In fact, I think most of what all of us are taught is a lie. And then when I saw the truth of that fact, it set me on fire. Literally! I began an intense study of yoga, never did chemotherapy or any anti-cancer drugs, found out that mind-over-matter really does work, and the cancer disappeared. And I found out a lot about myself, this man-made world we live in on God's planet."

David Scotland sees his life as an opportunity and a privilege to share his capacity for creative energy (rather than destructive forces) with people who respond well to it. He wants to lend a hand up, as it were, to those who are looking for peace, love, wisdom, and healing energies that result from those. He earned a testimonial from Academy Award-Winning Actress Patricia Neal for his book "A World Tour of Wisdom" (under his  alias, David James) because he told her how inspired he was by The Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center in Knoxville, Tennessee -- a city he lived in for two years. Part of the Center's mission was to provide medical care for those in need regardless of their ability to pay. To the artist, this was a demonstration of true charity, love, and wisdom in line with right livelihood.

Scotland says, "I thought that was incredible, to actually take care of people and to love them. Who in Washington even DOES that these days, huh? No one. They settle for the idea -- the words but not the deeds. I pity them because they're trying so hard in their own ways, but they just don't get it. I think all of them don't know what love is much less how to give it. It's apparent in how they talk to people, what they say, and how small their own capacity for unconditional joy is. That's because they're distracted by worldly power and their own survival of that power. I don't think they realize that God does such a much better job at being God than we do. They are consumed and obsessed with all the lower energy stuff that must be transcended before healing, joy, and peace can take place. Before a celebration of hope can occur. Before freedom reigns and not shoddy American politics."

Today, the artist is busy doing museum shows, private commissions, art and film projects, and more writing -- all with a common goal of inspiration. The artist’s passion continues with, “Because so many people need help, I’m on a mission. It’s why I’m doing all this. I want to help as many as I can whether that’s through supporting Habitat for Humanity, or exposing what needs to be fixed in today’s crisis of American schools and education, consumer debt, healthcare, and other areas. So many people are being 'killed off' and murdered needlessly whether it’s through an educational, financial, spiritual, or literal death…and it’s done entirely by people’s own unwillingness to question what is going on IN THEMSELVES and then in the world. And those who know better in government need to stop standing by and watching disaster after disaster occur to those who can’t help themselves YET. Ethics are needed now more than ever. Well, there are some answers to help all that with The Energy of Success business conference exclusively for ethical entrepreneurs. The experts I chose to present are all ethical members who see the value and sense of urgency of my art and the movement that inspires it called Companionism”

David’s art has also undergone scientific studies with prominent scientists and doctors, most notably by Dr. Sari Suttka, D.C., and President of Technology for Layers of Light International. Her scientific and clinical knowledge involving Sports Medicine, Biomechanics, Herbalphoresis Technique and Applied Kinesiology (AK) has allowed her a successful practice in applying and adapting such techniques for Energy Mapping and Energy Balancing. This has allowed her to achieve Optimal Center of Gravity, and Optimal Center of Energy. Based on her experience, leadership, and training skills, she has conducted numerous workshops in Energy Sports Medicine and in Contact Reflex Analysis (as taught by D. A. Versendaal, D.C.) for Chiropractors and healthcare physicians, demonstrating the effective use of such techniques. What does she think of David’s art?

Dr. Suttka says, "People who are energy workers or who can sense energy will be able to literally feel the energy coming out of your paintings, either as a cooling or heating sensation. And basically, David’s art is what we call organizing hues. When we look at what David’s art does to the physical body, we see an increase in flexibility, strength, coordination, endurance and balance. The hues he uses also keep people in a coherent state when exposed to Electro Magnetic Fields from cell phones and other electronic devices. Through energy testing and Applied Kinesiology (AK) testing, we are able to see David’s art shift the brain into higher consciousness known as the theta state. Anyone exposed to an environment where David’s art is being displayed will experience the positive effects of the art and experience energetic states of harmony."

The ongoing studies show not only how people are affected by David’s art, but it is also a first for the artist and the art world itself: “Studies Show David Scotland’s Art is Scientifically Shown to Help Promote Human Healing Because Human Theta Wave Emissions are Positively Affected by the Artist’s Art.” This is but another aspect of what the artist means by “Quantum Aesthetics.”

David's art was recently tested by Arizona State University's physics labs using brain scan technology showing conclusive evidence in a pilot study that his art does indeed have positive healing effects on the viewer. Once again, this study clearly shows that whether the "eye" likes the art or not, the brain definitely loves it -- without a doubt -- because every single brain scan showed that each participant's brain transformed into what is called "complete coherence" immediately upon being exposed to David Scotland's art. His art has been shown in clinical studies to increase the five factors of: balance, strength, coordination, flexibility, and endurance.

The state of "complete coherence" has also been described in layman's terms as: the prime state when the human energy system is at its most calm, awakened, attentive, and perfectly balanced state of peace, love, and harmony due to increased theta wave production as a result of the brain moving into complete coherence.

.

Additional positive benefits of the “organizing hues" of David Scotland's art have been that the art has been shown to help viewers:

•        Improve Creativity
•        Increase Memory Ability
•        Reduce Stress
•        Improve One's Focus
•        Heighten One's Intuition
•        Enhance Healing
•        Accelerate Learning
•        Heighten Physical Performance
•        More Easily Access Higher Levels of Consciousness

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Recently David Scotland's work has been consistently collected and used in her fashion designs by notable art patron and Hollywood fashion designer Sunny Chayes. Ms. Chayes has been the designer of choice for Linda Rondstadt, Suzanne Sommers, Olivia Newton John, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Cindy Crawford, Sarah! (exclusive singer for Oprah-Oxygen), Jennifer Nasser (wife of Jacque Nasser-former CEO of Ford Motor Co.), and Gaylor Rogers (former Vice President of Pixar). Sunny Chayes has also designed special collections for Heidi Kuhn, the founder of Roots of Peace, to wear in front of Congress and the UN, and for special private dinners with President Bill Clinton, Kofi Annan, Queen Noor, and Princess Diana. She has also designed custom pieces for Desiree Goyette the Emmy award winning music composer, Dr. Laura Hessel the notable art curator and collector, and Brenda Cooper the Emmy award winning stylist, amongst others.

Chayes designs have been worn, seen, and enormous fashion hits at top society parties, VIP events, awards shows and private affairs such as the Emmys, Oscars, Grammys, Buckingham Palace and four USA Presidential Inagural Celebrations (2 Bush, 2 Clinton). She has designed for both feature films and television. Her collections are now available by appointment only, and have been previously available in highly select boutiques located at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, and Bloomingdale's, as well as other boutiques in Australia, Brazil, Canada, and France.

Sunny is also the niece of Joseph Randall Shapiro and her aunt Jory Shapiro. Sunny's "Uncle Joe" was the former President of The Art Institute of Chicago and also the founder of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. Sunny's uncle Joe and aunt Jory Shapiro were forever seen holding hands at the art auctions, squeezing each others' hands to signal when they both agreed to bid or buy. They were both recognized by elite patrons of the art world as one of the top three surrealist art collectors in the world. He, Jory, and their museum were patrons of such artists as Marc Chagall, John Baldessari, Joseph Beuys, Alexander Calder, Jean Dubuffet, Marcel Duchamp, Jasper Johns, Franz Kline, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Sol LeWitt, Rene Magritte, Matta, Robert Morris, Claes Oldenburg, Ad Reinhardt, David Salle, Julian Schnabel, George Segal, Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol, and Ed Ruscha -- while he "incubated" Chagall, Picasso, Kandinsky, Jean Dubuffet, Matta, Ernst, Magritte, Tanguy, Dali, Miro, Delvaux, and Klee.

Early on, Sunny was exposed to nothing but the top names in the art world as “Uncle Joe” would recount endlessly illuminating stories behind the life and art of each artist he both knew and collected personally. Sunny describes her Uncle Joe as knowing that the secret that binds artists, art collectors, curators and patrons is their commitment to showing the art of the present day with all the risks and benefits that go with the territory. She says, “Uncle Joe knew that great art dealers and collectors do more than simply transact sales. They help nurture, develop, and mentor artists, and then send them out into the world, presenting for all their art, which in turn becomes the art of “their time” because they’re in their prime. The great patrons know the art of incubating the next great ones and also how to maximize not only the talent, but the financial rewards, as well.” In fact, when the late founder of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Joseph Shapiro, was asked by his mother if you could make a living in the art world he replied, “No mother, from this I make a life.” Like her uncle, Sunny Chayes, too, makes her living developing, creating, and presenting her chosen arts: fashion, music, dance, and of course, art itself.

Therefore it was bound to happen that Sunny, herself, would become a patron of the arts. In fact, she has already started incubating artist David Scotland with several of his works comprising part of her private collection, and well on her way to being one of his top patrons. About David’s art Sunny says, "The colors, spirituality, and energy of his work is absolutely phenomenal. Uncle Joe would have loved his art, and he would have especially loved how David 'spread it around' throughout the community, allowing others a chance to experience it. I believe Uncle Joe would have adopted David right away because he has obviously discovered the mystery and resonance of life and death and how understanding the intellect can be second to the wisdom of the heart. I believe David Scotland has found in art how not to make a living of it, but rather, a life."

Those are but a few of the reasons why the artist is inviting you and others to participate in an effort to share the creative power of the arts with everyone by extending much needed "companions" to those in need.

David has also appeared on national radio programs, local TV shows, been a columnist for Hollywood’s “Box Office Magazine” and has even written a bestselling book of Wisdom that has been translated in five countries. His paintings are held in the collections of exclusive art dealers worldwide including those of Dr. Eugene and Janice Ephron, Sunny Chayes, Jackie Koop, Robert G. Allen, Mark Victor Hansen, George Krikorian, Greg Dunn, Kurt Schwenck, Betty Dominguez, and Sascha Siegel of the Siegel Gallery in Chicago – White House design coordinator for JFK's Oval Office and personal design coordinator for First Lady Jackie Kennedy. His corporate commissions are held by Bank One Trust, Albina Community Bank, Habitat for Humanity, Meet Me at the Top Corporation (Toronto, Canada), GATES Foundation, The Broadway Theatre of Vista, CA, Regal Entertainment Group, Tribune Media, Insight Cinema, Layers of Light International, Blue Cap Productions, NEC Solutions America, ConMed Corporation, and San Diego Children's Hospital.

 

David has also been involved with hundreds of corporate and Hollywood VIP charity events including working with many top stars and organizations like: Dolly Parton, Kevin Kline, Tricia Yearwood, Danny Thomas, the Kirov Ballet, Japan’s Nihonga Art Exhibition, The Portland Art Museum, the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, The Clark County Council for the Homeless, Habitat for Humanity, David Mirisch Enterprises, The Tony Hawk Foundation, eWomen Network, Meet Me at the Top, and Layers of Light International. David was asked by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of greater Los Angeles to be the premiere artist for their 23rd Annual Par Wars Celebrity Golf Tournament,and was also the premiere artist for Habitat for Humanity's 2004 fundraising campaign in Portland, Oregon. In July 2005 three original David Scotland works have been commissioned for the San Diego Symphony's Summer Pops at the Moonlight Featuring the Three Divas.

The World Premiere of Companionism was held at The Portland Art Museum with a VIP Gala event held in the Grand Kridel Ballroom. Scotland painted LIVE and in person three pieces while his poetry -- written over a span of ten years while he was diagnosed and later healed of cancer – was performed by Tucker Smallwood of stage, screen, and TV fame, and actress Jana Cole. The event was filmed before a live, sold-out audience on June 8, 2006.

The Story of David Scotland    

As an award-winning Renaissance Man, David Geoffrey Scotland is an artist, author, composer, and performer. He is also recognized as the father and founder of the 21st Century art movements called "Companionism" and "Quantum Aesthetics" in which pieces have an energetic "companion" or "companions" created for them to compliment them and to complete "the circle of electrical oneness we all share." A companion is an energetic piece that accompanies another.

This idea of pieces "sharing" a commonality is directly related to the artist's own personal philosophy of "helping the person in front of you. Be their companion in some way that does no harm. We live together, share the same resources, the same emotions, the same planet. It's time to recognize the physics of what art is actually doing to us, to realize the truth and value of healing electrical frequencies that resonate at the soul level, the level of faith, to help create a better world for all of us. My intention is to extend this science to others through my art with my sincere hope that it changes lives for the better. Everyone needs this kind of companionism. For me, who cares how 'good' art looks if it doesn't DO any good. I want to create good art -- quantum art -- that does good.

David also says that the actual physics of Companionism directly corresponds to the ground-breaking work of David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D., in that the art of Companionism is meant to actually help positively empower and heal the observer of it based on orthomolecular psychiatric dynamics and kinesiologic testing as per Dr. Hawkins calibrated "Map of Human Consciousness."

For the artist, companionism is more of a verb than a noun. "Companionism is something we do. The art is representational of this energetic dynamic, but it is also the dynamic itself. Literally. I could care less about stuffy philosophies from tired artworld mags. I'm interested in energetic aesthetics -- the physics of what the art is actually doing in the world, how it responds to and interacts with humanity. I am constantly wondering: 'Can art actually contribute to -- rather than take away from -- this world? Can art do something besides being an impetus for vacuous art philosophies, and 'suffering' artists' tirades and spectacles of death and destruction?' I think it can. In fact, I've seen how art can change lives for the better."

It's no secret that this idea of artworks sharing, harmonizing, and healing is directly related to the artist's personal worldview and spiritual practice of consciously intending to resonate at higher, healing frequencies. One way to do this, he says, is to "help the person in front of you. Be their companion in some way that does no harm, that actually lifts their frequency rather than destroys it. We live together, share the same resources, the same energies, the same planet. It's time to recognize that on a mass scale and stop being obsessed only with competing against each other. Instead, why not create actual good and healing frequencies with and for each other, and drop the moralizing that's been as hideous and deadly as the history of religion. My intention is to extend this science of frequencies to others through my art with my sincere hope that it changes lives for the better. Everyone needs this kind of companionism. For me, who cares how 'good' art looks if it doesn't DO any good. I want to create good art that does good -- I want to create art that actually empowers and heals humanity."

As the founder of Companionism, David has embarked on a national crusade and has committed himself to a mission of serving others and helping charitable causes. This inspiring way of life began with a small bakery in his hometown while working his way through school. He organized a program that gave day-old bakery food to the local homeless shelter, exposing him to the plight of the poor and marking a turning point in his life. He offered relief to the hungry by producing a benefit concert/fund raiser for the Clark County Council for the Homeless in Vancouver, Washington. The benefit featured solo piano performances by Scotland and vocal and instrumental performances by both his parents. His talented family raised over $4,000 in cash and helped donate over two full pallets of canned food to local homeless shelters.

Since then, Scotland has studied a wide range of various religious and spiritual paths, and continued creating and making art, music, poetry, and film projects. He was seeking "the Truth" about humanity and discovered that within mankind's inhumanity to mankind, there is another way out of the insanity. A way of peace, goodness, light, and self-empowerment guided by the Universe, or God, or whichever name works best for you. He calls it by both. In fact, he called upon the Universe to help him with a disturbing wake up call that visited him at the age of 26. Nobody knows how they would react IF they ever heard the words "You have ten years to live," and David Scotland was no exception. He was stunned into silence at 26 years old when his oncologist diagnosed him with a rare blood disorder called polycythemia -- the cancerous overproduction of red blood cells that often results in short life spans.

For the first few years after the diagnosis, the artist would have to wait for his test results every year that would determine how much longer he had to live. What is truly remarkable, however, is that the horrifying cycle never deterred him from his mission in life.

Says Scotland, "My mission was focused on life, and the eternal meaning of that life. I knew from the laws of physics that energy can neither be created nor destroyed but it can change form. So I just figured that if the bulls and the bees don't get all these human diseases, then maybe this movie we call life isn't what most people think it is. In fact, I think most of what all of us are taught is a lie. And then when I saw the truth of that fact, it set me on fire. Literally! I began an intense study of yoga, never did chemotherapy or any anti-cancer drugs, found out that mind-over-matter really does work, and the cancer disappeared. And I found out a lot about myself, this man-made world we live in on God's planet."

David Scotland sees his life as an opportunity and a privilege to share his capacity for creative energy (rather than destructive forces) with people who respond well to it. He wants to lend a hand up, as it were, to those who are looking for peace, love, wisdom, and healing energies that result from those. He earned a testimonial from Academy Award-Winning Actress Patricia Neal for his book "A World Tour of Wisdom" (under his  alias, David James) because he told her how inspired he was by The Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center in Knoxville, Tennessee -- a city he lived in for two years. Part of the Center's mission was to provide medical care for those in need regardless of their ability to pay. To the artist, this was a demonstration of true charity, love, and wisdom in line with right livelihood.

Scotland says, "I thought that was incredible, to actually take care of people and to love them. Who in Washington even DOES that these days, huh? No one. They settle for the idea -- the words but not the deeds. I pity them because they're trying so hard in their own ways, but they just don't get it. I think all of them don't know what love is much less how to give it. It's apparent in how they talk to people, what they say, and how small their own capacity for unconditional joy is. That's because they're distracted by worldly power and their own survival of that power. I don't think they realize that God does such a much better job at being God than we do. They are consumed and obsessed with all the lower energy stuff that must be transcended before healing, joy, and peace can take place. Before a celebration of hope can occur. Before freedom reigns and not shoddy American politics."

Today, the artist is busy doing museum shows, private commissions, art and film projects, and more writing -- all with a common goal of inspiration. The artist’s passion continues with, “Because so many people need help, I’m on a mission. It’s why I’m doing all this. I want to help as many as I can whether that’s through supporting Habitat for Humanity, or exposing what needs to be fixed in today’s crisis of American schools and education, consumer debt, healthcare, and other areas. So many people are being 'killed off' and murdered needlessly whether it’s through an educational, financial, spiritual, or literal death…and it’s done entirely by people’s own unwillingness to question what is going on IN THEMSELVES and then in the world. And those who know better in government need to stop standing by and watching disaster after disaster occur to those who can’t help themselves YET. Ethics are needed now more than ever. Well, there are some answers to help all that with The Energy of Success business conference exclusively for ethical entrepreneurs. The experts I chose to present are all ethical members who see the value and sense of urgency of my art and the movement that inspires it called Companionism”

David’s art has also undergone scientific studies with prominent scientists and doctors, most notably by Dr. Sari Suttka, D.C., and President of Technology for Layers of Light International. Her scientific and clinical knowledge involving Sports Medicine, Biomechanics, Herbalphoresis Technique and Applied Kinesiology (AK) has allowed her a successful practice in applying and adapting such techniques for Energy Mapping and Energy Balancing. This has allowed her to achieve Optimal Center of Gravity, and Optimal Center of Energy. Based on her experience, leadership, and training skills, she has conducted numerous workshops in Energy Sports Medicine and in Contact Reflex Analysis (as taught by D. A. Versendaal, D.C.) for Chiropractors and healthcare physicians, demonstrating the effective use of such techniques. What does she think of David’s art?

Dr. Suttka says, "People who are energy workers or who can sense energy will be able to literally feel the energy coming out of your paintings, either as a cooling or heating sensation. And basically, David’s art is what we call organizing hues. When we look at what David’s art does to the physical body, we see an increase in flexibility, strength, coordination, endurance and balance. The hues he uses also keep people in a coherent state when exposed to Electro Magnetic Fields from cell phones and other electronic devices. Through energy testing and Applied Kinesiology (AK) testing, we are able to see David’s art shift the brain into higher consciousness known as the theta state. Anyone exposed to an environment where David’s art is being displayed will experience the positive effects of the art and experience energetic states of harmony."

The ongoing studies show not only how people are affected by David’s art, but it is also a first for the artist and the art world itself: “Studies Show David Scotland’s Art is Scientifically Shown to Help Promote Human Healing Because Human Theta Wave Emissions are Positively Affected by the Artist’s Art.” This is but another aspect of what the artist means by “Quantum Aesthetics.”

David's art was recently tested by Arizona State University's physics labs using brain scan technology showing conclusive evidence in a pilot study that his art does indeed have positive healing effects on the viewer. Once again, this study clearly shows that whether the "eye" likes the art or not, the brain definitely loves it -- without a doubt -- because every single brain scan showed that each participant's brain transformed into what is called "complete coherence" immediately upon being exposed to David Scotland's art. His art has been shown in clinical studies to increase the five factors of: balance, strength, coordination, flexibility, and endurance.

The state of "complete coherence" has also been described in layman's terms as: the prime state when the human energy system is at its most calm, awakened, attentive, and perfectly balanced state of peace, love, and harmony due to increased theta wave production as a result of the brain moving into complete coherence.

.

Additional positive benefits of the “organizing hues" of David Scotland's art have been that the art has been shown to help viewers:

•        Improve Creativity
•        Increase Memory Ability
•        Reduce Stress
•        Improve One's Focus
•        Heighten One's Intuition
•        Enhance Healing
•        Accelerate Learning
•        Heighten Physical Performance
•        More Easily Access Higher Levels of Consciousness

.

Recently David Scotland's work has been consistently collected and used in her fashion designs by notable art patron and Hollywood fashion designer Sunny Chayes. Ms. Chayes has been the designer of choice for Linda Rondstadt, Suzanne Sommers, Olivia Newton John, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Cindy Crawford, Sarah! (exclusive singer for Oprah-Oxygen), Jennifer Nasser (wife of Jacque Nasser-former CEO of Ford Motor Co.), and Gaylor Rogers (former Vice President of Pixar). Sunny Chayes has also designed special collections for Heidi Kuhn, the founder of Roots of Peace, to wear in front of Congress and the UN, and for special private dinners with President Bill Clinton, Kofi Annan, Queen Noor, and Princess Diana. She has also designed custom pieces for Desiree Goyette the Emmy award winning music composer, Dr. Laura Hessel the notable art curator and collector, and Brenda Cooper the Emmy award winning stylist, amongst others.

Chayes designs have been worn, seen, and enormous fashion hits at top society parties, VIP events, awards shows and private affairs such as the Emmys, Oscars, Grammys, Buckingham Palace and four USA Presidential Inagural Celebrations (2 Bush, 2 Clinton). She has designed for both feature films and television. Her collections are now available by appointment only, and have been previously available in highly select boutiques located at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, and Bloomingdale's, as well as other boutiques in Australia, Brazil, Canada, and France.

Sunny is also the niece of Joseph Randall Shapiro and her aunt Jory Shapiro. Sunny's "Uncle Joe" was the former President of The Art Institute of Chicago and also the founder of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. Sunny's uncle Joe and aunt Jory Shapiro were forever seen holding hands at the art auctions, squeezing each others' hands to signal when they both agreed to bid or buy. They were both recognized by elite patrons of the art world as one of the top three surrealist art collectors in the world. He, Jory, and their museum were patrons of such artists as Marc Chagall, John Baldessari, Joseph Beuys, Alexander Calder, Jean Dubuffet, Marcel Duchamp, Jasper Johns, Franz Kline, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Sol LeWitt, Rene Magritte, Matta, Robert Morris, Claes Oldenburg, Ad Reinhardt, David Salle, Julian Schnabel, George Segal, Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol, and Ed Ruscha -- while he "incubated" Chagall, Picasso, Kandinsky, Jean Dubuffet, Matta, Ernst, Magritte, Tanguy, Dali, Miro, Delvaux, and Klee.

Early on, Sunny was exposed to nothing but the top names in the art world as “Uncle Joe” would recount endlessly illuminating stories behind the life and art of each artist he both knew and collected personally. Sunny describes her Uncle Joe as knowing that the secret that binds artists, art collectors, curators and patrons is their commitment to showing the art of the present day with all the risks and benefits that go with the territory. She says, “Uncle Joe knew that great art dealers and collectors do more than simply transact sales. They help nurture, develop, and mentor artists, and then send them out into the world, presenting for all their art, which in turn becomes the art of “their time” because they’re in their prime. The great patrons know the art of incubating the next great ones and also how to maximize not only the talent, but the financial rewards, as well.” In fact, when the late founder of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Joseph Shapiro, was asked by his mother if you could make a living in the art world he replied, “No mother, from this I make a life.” Like her uncle, Sunny Chayes, too, makes her living developing, creating, and presenting her chosen arts: fashion, music, dance, and of course, art itself.

Therefore it was bound to happen that Sunny, herself, would become a patron of the arts. In fact, she has already started incubating artist David Scotland with several of his works comprising part of her private collection, and well on her way to being one of his top patrons. About David’s art Sunny says, "The colors, spirituality, and energy of his work is absolutely phenomenal. Uncle Joe would have loved his art, and he would have especially loved how David 'spread it around' throughout the community, allowing others a chance to experience it. I believe Uncle Joe would have adopted David right away because he has obviously discovered the mystery and resonance of life and death and how understanding the intellect can be second to the wisdom of the heart. I believe David Scotland has found in art how not to make a living of it, but rather, a life."

Those are but a few of the reasons why the artist is inviting you and others to participate in an effort to share the creative power of the arts with everyone by extending much needed "companions" to those in need.

David has also appeared on national radio programs, local TV shows, been a columnist for Hollywood’s “Box Office Magazine” and has even written a bestselling book of Wisdom that has been translated in five countries. His paintings are held in the collections of exclusive art dealers worldwide including those of Dr. Eugene and Janice Ephron, Sunny Chayes, Jackie Koop, Robert G. Allen, Mark Victor Hansen, George Krikorian, Greg Dunn, Kurt Schwenck, Betty Dominguez, and Sascha Siegel of the Siegel Gallery in Chicago – White House design coordinator for JFK's Oval Office and personal design coordinator for First Lady Jackie Kennedy. His corporate commissions are held by Bank One Trust, Albina Community Bank, Habitat for Humanity, Meet Me at the Top Corporation (Toronto, Canada), GATES Foundation, The Broadway Theatre of Vista, CA, Regal Entertainment Group, Tribune Media, Insight Cinema, Layers of Light International, Blue Cap Productions, NEC Solutions America, ConMed Corporation, and San Diego Children's Hospital.

 

David has also been involved with hundreds of corporate and Hollywood VIP charity events including working with many top stars and organizations like: Dolly Parton, Kevin Kline, Tricia Yearwood, Danny Thomas, the Kirov Ballet, Japan’s Nihonga Art Exhibition, The Portland Art Museum, the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, The Clark County Council for the Homeless, Habitat for Humanity, David Mirisch Enterprises, The Tony Hawk Foundation, eWomen Network, Meet Me at the Top, and Layers of Light International. David was asked by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of greater Los Angeles to be the premiere artist for their 23rd Annual Par Wars Celebrity Golf Tournament,and was also the premiere artist for Habitat for Humanity's 2004 fundraising campaign in Portland, Oregon. In July 2005 three original David Scotland works have been commissioned for the San Diego Symphony's Summer Pops at the Moonlight Featuring the Three Divas.

The World Premiere of Companionism was held at The Portland Art Museum with a VIP Gala event held in the Grand Kridel Ballroom. Scotland painted LIVE and in person three pieces while his poetry -- written over a span of ten years while he was diagnosed and later healed of cancer – was performed by Tucker Smallwood of stage, screen, and TV fame, and actress Jana Cole. The event was filmed before a live, sold-out audience on June 8, 2006.