ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
The credibility of a French Quarter area creative is in ruins this afternoon as friends of the man discovered that his father, a prominent cardiologist, has been paying his rent and phone bill for the entire duration of his well-publicised fight against The Man.
The Man, thought to be Betoota Mayor Councillor Keith Carton, has been the subject of Dylan Hunter-Scone’s vitriolic writings and acrylic-on-paper artworks recently.
So much so that the 29-year-old was subject of a feature article in Art Almanac earlier this year where he described his motives and themes of his work.
“I’ve always hated authority,” he said.
“Growing up, I got expelled from like three different schools. Then I got rejected from art school but then when they saw my body of work, they called me back and offered me a spot,”
“Most of my art is about the ongoing corruption in our local government. A town planner told me to watch out, I said I’m prepared to die for my art. He looked shocked.”
However, The Advocate can reveal that after a simple google search, Dylan’s father is one of our paper’s editor Clancy Overell’s golf partners.
Dr Hamish R. Hunter-Scone (DVM PhD Diplomate ECVIM-CA (
“Dy[lan] is the youngest,” he said.
“So naturally, the pressure was off him to follow in his father’s footsteps. My eldest, Johnathon, is a professor of orthopedics at South Betoota Polytechnic College [laughs] So Dylan was free to do whatever he wanted,”
“He got thrown out of Whooton, McAlister and Vexwood. Not even a sizeable donation could sway the boards. He ended up completing his leaving certificate at Vexwood but under strict supervision,”
“A large donation did, however, secure him a place at The Betoota School of Arts after the admissions board deemed his body of work to be unworthy. I’m glad he’s found his place in the world. Oh yeah, we’re also paying his rent and phone bill.”
More to come.
