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Effluence

“Beauty is a willing loss of mental control, surrendered to an organic process that is momentarily under the direction of an exterior object.”  Peter Schjeldahl, New York Times Art Critic

In its most rudimentary definition, painting can be understood as an act of making marks on a surface. For this body of work, I dove into the processes behind making, simultaneously pursuing ideas of beauty and ‘prettiness’ and their relationships to femininity.

Ranging from complete control over the Found Shell series to minimal control over Overboiled and Mildew #1 (growth), I explored the agency that I, as an artist, had over the making of my work through the incorporation of natural phenomena.

Bio

Born in Rural New Hampshire, Scout Armstrong is currently a Portland, Maine based artist. Her work pursues ideas of prettiness, beauty, and agency through their relationships with concepts of femininity. Armstrong received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Maine College of Art & Design in 2022 with a concentration in Painting, and a minor in Creative Writing. Her work has been shown throughout the New England Area.