Scott McNeill was born in Washington D.C., 1969. He grew up on the east coast of the United States and graduated from Clemson University in 1991. After college, Scott joined the Peace Corps.  His assignment took him to Valle de Angeles, Honduras, a central american artisan village that specialized in woodcraft and ornate relief woodcarving.  For the next two years, McNeill worked as a consultant to A.N.A.H, the National Association of Honduran Artistsans. During this time, Scott worked closely with hundreds of artisans on many projects, he was welcomed into their workshops and community as if he had lived there his whole life.

When his Peace Corps service ended in September of 1994, Scott was invited to apprentice relief woodcarving in the workshop of a renowned Honduran woodcarver, McNeill worked there, amongst 30 craftsmen, for an additional two years.  Scott learned quickly.  He began painting his relief woodcarvings, and the town's artisans recognized him for having 'la gracia' (a gift). 

Scott returned to the United States in the fall of 1996.  Immediately McNeill’s painted woodcarvings took a big creative leap forward. He began painting a different level of imagery on top of the carved forms.  Fourteen years later, McNeill’s painted relief sculptures stand apart as an original multiple dimensional style of artwork.

In 2001 he was the inaugural recipient of the Dexter Jones Award, the ‘National Sculptors Award’ for outstanding bas-relief sculpture from the National Sculpture Society, NYC. In 2003 he was awarded an artist assistance grant from The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, followed by a grant in 2004 from The Artists' Fellowship Inc., NYC. Three art museums have exhibited Scott McNeill’s artwork, along with several art centers and galleries. His multiple dimensional painted sculptures are in numerous private collections in the United States and abroad. He currently works out of his studio in Scottsdale, Ariz.