About the Artist
Madelyn Scott grew up in Adana, Türkiye from 2007 to 2021. She attended the University of North Texas at the College of Visual Arts and Design for a BFA in Drawing and Painting, minoring in Art History and English.
Scott first pursued art as a narrative medium, writing stories and drawing characters that she wanted to bring to life. She began her art career as a watercolorist, finding a passion for the arts and eventually pursuing it as a career, leading her to Texas where her father grew up.
Scott’s art has connections to her upbringing overseas and her love of storytelling. Often her illustrations have an element of the fantastic, creating fictional realities filled with nostalgia and wonder. Though she is drawn to the fictional realms, she tries to keep her art and stories rooted in the real world and true human nature. Her colors are often saturated, and paint applied thickly, inspired by Impressionistic and Romantic arts.
Artist Statement
In my art, I want to explore my identity and faith through the romantic notion of the sublime, as well as childhood nostalgia. English Romanticism often explored sense of awe, both wonder and fear of the world. Through my paintings, I want to connect to that notion of the sublime by depicting nature, creation, and relationships. I want to connect with my viewers by creating a sense of camaraderie and fellowship through shared experiences and awe of the natural world. I also integrate my multi-cultural background as well, having grown up in Turkey, emphasizing a sense of belonging to the world and people but not to specific places. I categorize my paintings as glimpses of my stories or stories that I have heard and thus stolen for my creative purposes.
Whether using oil, watercolor, gouache, or acrylic, I try integrating an impressionistic style, keeping brushstrokes loose and fluid. I like to keep my colors saturated and bold. I also employ mixed media, collaging drawn or sewn pieces together to build up the painting or break the painting beyond the confines of the canvas.