Scott Emmons, an academic professional, perpetual student, and lifelong appreciator of fine art, took up the study of painting and drawing in midlife as a challenging and rewarding new activity. He studied life drawing and painting with Minerva Durham at Spring Studio and Crosby Studio in New York City, and has taken painting and drawing classes with New York artist Karen Kaapcke and at the Teaching Studios of Art. His work has been exhibited at Spring Studio, Crosby Studio, and the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art. One of his drawings was included in The Virtually Nude Show, Nepalian Art, 2020.