Coffee and Cigarettes

I’m Rachel Scott, a violently eccentric 24 year old acrylic painter home grown and bumbling around in Fort Wayne’s own corn metropolis. My style of work is a whimsical self expression that creates friction against the cold and serious undertones of our current state in the world. Painting has always been a peaceful solace to me, through all the ups and downs of life ; whether it be dropping out of art school , moving across the country, or moving back across the country because that didn’t work out. Through all the insanity it has been a common denominator. My work echoes this, where faces emerge from bold, unblended colors, each shade standing alone yet weaving into something complete. I build upon these painted layers with found materials, broken glass, and three-dimensional textures—remnants of the days around me, just as we are made up of the moments, struggles, and triumphs that define us. People are patchworks- we are not seamless, not smooth or singular. We are pieced together by experience, shaped by time, held together by the spaces between. Through my art, I seek to capture the essence—the soul—of those who also exist in vivid complexity.