About
Beauty and Metaphor in Liturgical and Public Art
I am of the school of urgency, of vivid mark-making, and exposed soul-searching, and art that invites you along in that journey.
I am inspired by the idea of place, defining a space with a sensitivity that can transform, celebrate, and engage the redemptive qualities of metaphor for the profoundly personal and communal in people’s lives.
Whether I am designing in Photoshop or painting a watercolor, the idea of light as source comes through. It’s the light coming from behind the pixels, the paper, or with stained glass. The light is transformed, transmuted, and collimated into colors so beautiful that you become witness to an incarnation of the material before your eyes.
I teach painting and drawing at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where I live with my family. I serve on the board of the Association of Consultants for Liturgical Space.
Testimonials
“An authentic art survives stylistic evolutions over time to become a benchmark of art history. In this regard, I believe historians will judge Scott Parsons’ work as being authentic, original, and (most importantly) a contribution to the historical trajectory of stained glass in architecture.”
Kenneth von Roenn · renowned architectural glass artist
“Parsons has unfolded visibly the drama of the freedom of a loving Creator.”
Cardinal James Francis Stafford · The Vatican
“Your artwork transmits clarity to me, a light of happiness, a light of childhood when the sun illuminated everything.”
Alejandro Carosella · Painter, Buenos Aires
Scott Parsons is an artist and professor of art working in stained glass, mosaic, and terrazzo for sacred and public space across the United States and Canada.
Awards & Reviews
6 CODAworx · 6 Faith & Form · 2 National Terrazzo & Mosaic Association · 2 Terrazzo, Tile & Marble Association of Canada
Art in America · Architectural Record · Stained Glass Quarterly
KEYNOTES
American Glass Guild, Mesa, Arizona 2025
AIA South Dakota, Sioux Falls 2026