Scarecrow, 2023
Medium

Watercolor


Dimensions

69.0 x 84.0 cm


Year Created

2023

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Large > 80cm
Landscape orientation

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@scott_espeseth on June 29 2024, 4:12pm UTC
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$1,800 USD - Ask

@scott_espeseth on June 29 2024, 4:11pm UTC

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My works are inspired by chance encounters with objects, spaces, or events that trigger moments of clarity, where they suddenly appear to be intensely strange, or intensely beautiful. I attempt to recreate these moments using the means at my disposal. I may work from direct observation on-site, or try to stage the moment in my studio. I may use photographic references or copious physical measurements in an attempt to capture some essential quality of my subject. These various processes inevitably introduce distortions, and create space for memory and fantasy to insert themselves. My subconscious seems to be trying to tell me something through the choices I make in the studio, and I watch themes emerge, of memory, loss, change, and the fantastic. This process took shape in the early 2000s when I began to make small-scale drawings in graphite. I consistently work with a single medium, in monochrome. A quality of directness and transparency is important to me. I want to convey that I am faithful in recording my process, and not putting on a show with bells and whistles. Since 2016 I have been working in black and white watercolor.  Watercolor pushes back on my obsessive tendencies, requiring me to make compromises, and not lose the forest for the trees. My early drawings served as a kind of diary in which the spaces I encountered in daily life contained omens of dark times to come. I have moved through different bodies of work over time, but I have consistently sought a clairvoyant quality in my works, as though an unseen intelligence is trying to get my attention. Through the process of careful setup and sustained looking, measuring, and drawing, I find a new clarity in the act of making.

Curriculum Vitae

Born in 1975 in 12511 Chelton Lane, Bowie, MD, USA. Currently residing in Madison, WI, USA.

Education
1997 · West Virginia University

BFA

2000 · University of Wisconsin-Madison

MFA

Solo Exhibitions
Jan 20, 2019 - Jun 23, 2019

Crawl Space

Mar 5, 2001 - Jun 23, 2001

Paper Work

Jun 23, 2006

Clear Blue Sky

Apr 5, 2005 - Jun 23, 2005

Backyard Premonitions

Jun 23, 2007

Silver Points

Dec 15, 2022 - Jan 6, 2023

Finding Strangeness

Feb 5, 2021 - Mar 10, 2021

The Life Hermetic

Sep 5, 2011 - Oct 23, 2011

The Plot Thickens

Sep 25, 2019 - Oct 23, 2019

Stillness and Grey

Jun 23, 2004

Minor Disasters

Dec 19, 2023 - Jan 26, 2024

Grey Haunts

Mar 10, 2022 - Apr 12, 2022

Seers, Craftsmen

May 11, 2017 - Jun 15, 2017

Signal Bleed

Group Exhibitions
Jan 20, 2019 - Jun 23, 2019

Crawl Space

Mar 5, 2001 - Jun 23, 2001

Paper Work

Jun 23, 2006

Clear Blue Sky

Apr 5, 2005 - Jun 23, 2005

Backyard Premonitions

Jun 23, 2007

Silver Points

Dec 15, 2022 - Jan 6, 2023

Finding Strangeness

Feb 5, 2021 - Mar 10, 2021

The Life Hermetic

Sep 5, 2011 - Oct 23, 2011

The Plot Thickens

Sep 25, 2019 - Oct 23, 2019

Stillness and Grey

Jun 23, 2004

Minor Disasters

Dec 19, 2023 - Jan 26, 2024

Grey Haunts

Mar 10, 2022 - Apr 12, 2022

Seers, Craftsmen

May 11, 2017 - Jun 15, 2017

Signal Bleed

Achievements

3+ Solo Shows
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2+ Degrees
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