Scott stopped painting for nearly a decade, apart from the occasional portrait for friends or family -- he said that he "just couldn't see the point."  Then, in March of 2004, he began to paint again -- he just suddenly decided to experiment and see what he could do with transparent and opaque paints, and he wanted to "play with light" -- and he wanted to paint what he really loved to paint.  The result of all of that experimenting is an ongoing series of paintings called "Sylphs."  Scott never intended for them to be shown or sold, but after letting a few friends take a look, the paintings seemed to gather their own momentum -- the Sylphs are now collected by art patrons from around the world.