MADDIE STRATTON
Interloper
252 Java Street, Brooklyn, New York
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 3, 2023
6-9PM
“Interloper” explores the relationships and experiences between humans and animals, blurring the lines between encroaching presence and symbiotic existence. Using a surreal atmosphere and bright, unnatural colors, these paintings take inspiration from the whimsy and satire often found in children’s stories. These scenes create an idyllic but surreal landscape of figures and animals existing in harmony, while suggesting a more complicated perspective of intrusion, asking the question, “who is encroaching upon whom?”
Maddie has been making art for as long as she can remember. Her obsession with color and light comes mostly from growing up in the lush city of New Orleans, LA. She aims to show the power of nature and its ability to adapt despite being suppressed, especially in a city where climate change is so prevalent.
After receiving her BFA from Pratt Institute (2013), she moved back to her hometown in 2014 to pursue a deeper interest in painting. Maddie works as a scenic painter for a Mardi Gras House floats company, but she spends most of her time working on her own paintings in her studio at the Aquarium Gallery in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans.