Cover Artist Michelle Scott

Inside Pocket October 2025

Michelle Scott is an illustrator and designer living and working near the American River. She enjoys tending to her succulents, painting animal imagery, and searching thrift and antique shops for unique salt and pepper sets and vintage children’s books. Scott is a multimedia artist who has worked for more than 20 years exhibiting design fabrication props, painting murals, and creating her own line of children’s furniture and accessories. Shown: “Horace in Cog Nito,” water media on paper, 29 inches by 21 inches. This piece is available for $1,800 and will be featured Oct. 4–23 in the Elk Grove Fine Arts Center’s annual art show “All Creatures Great and Small.”