Iris Scott (NEW ARTIST WINTER 2024!)

Iris Scott is a painter who explores various techniques, such as finger painting and air-painting, to create vibrant and organic artworks. With change stirring in the air, Iris sensed a yearning for artistic metamorphosis. She craved the enchantment of discovering another medium beyond the paintbrush. The revelation of finger painting a decade prior had ignited her creativity and launched her career, and she felt it was time for another significant artistic shift. But what form would it take?

As fate would have it, a happy accident graced her studio once again. In 2020, while using her shop air compressor to remove dust from a finger painting, Iris accidentally punctured a section of wet paint with high-pressure air, birthing a mesmerizing 2D bubble. The mark was like a cell— a new organic unit, full of dimension, like atoms of possibility. Enthralled by this ethereal effect, Iris embarked on an odyssey of experimentation, and a new era had dawned—the era of “air-painting.”

Just as finger painting had chosen her a decade earlier, this untapped and totally original painting technique seized Iris’ imagination anew. Since 2020, she has manipulated paint with high-pressure air, yielding exhilarating results. Iris now seamlessly integrates finger painting, air-painting, palette knives, and paintbrushes into her oeuvre as the muse dictates. While the first decade of her career was defined by the constraints of making art with her fingertips, the ensuing decade promises boundless exploration and range, with her repertoire of techniques and subject matter expanding in kaleidoscopic splendor.