Bill Scott is a contemporary American painter. In his vivid abstractions, the underlying geometry of brilliantly colored patchworks evokes the sensations and textures of collage. Complementing these blocks of color are often overlying, dark lines that serve to weave the pictorial arrangements together. Throughout Scott's work, the harmony created by calligraphic lines and a vivid palette defines the surfaces of his canvases and infuses the images with animation and depth.

A notable figure working in the Philadelphia Colorist tradition, Scott was born in Bryn Mawr and raised in Haverford, and went on to study at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1974 to 1979. Among the major influences to his practice is the work of noted Abstract Expressionist . He has exhibited widely, notably including at Swarthmore College, Hollins University, the State Museum of Pennsylvania, the National Academy Museum, and the University of Delaware. Scott’s work can be found in the permanent collections of such institutions as the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Delaware Art Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Woodmere Art Museum.