strong connection to painting. Scarlett was asked to take her art GCSEs at the age of twelve, but turned down the opportunity because she wanted to develop and push her artistic talents further. At eighteen, Scarlett opted out of taking a world-wide modelling contract for an offer to attend the prestigious Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design.

At the beginning of her BA in Fine Art, Scarlett began to be recognized as an artistic talent, and was asked to participate in a variety of group shows. Just into the second year of her BA, at the age of twenty-one; Scarlett had her first solo show, Seascapes, on London’s Cork Street. Scarlett was, and is, one of the youngest artists to have a solo exhibition on this famed street; and her entry into the art world as a professional artist captured much media attention and recorded selling’s’ of over £30,000 in just under two weeks of exhibiting. Scarlett counts Orlando Bloom (famed actor), Jim Beach (manager of the iconic rock band, Queen), and Lord Jonathan Marland as collectors of her works. 2007 also marked her first important commission, a painting for the Live Nations entrance, located on Oxford Street, in London.

Scarlett’s passion of music, and desire to be able to reach a diverse group of people through her art has lead her to collaborate with a variety of musical talents. At the age of twenty, Scarlett was asked to design the album artwork for the band, Wiredasies. In January 2008, David Saw released his solo album Broken Down Figure (produced by Ben Taylor, son of James Taylor), and asked Scarlett to create drawings for the cover of his album. Working with these artists has allowed Scarlett to stretch her artistic vision further, and begin to realize her future goal of creating works that will have the opportunity to be seen outside the confines of the gallery space, and be able to reach a wider audience.

At twenty-two, she is preparing for her next much-anticipated solo show, and continues to work and live in London. www.scarlettraven.com