Artist Statement:

Scott Everingham has continously explored visual representations of the figure. Recently his work has evolved from the literal to the extremely obscure that are, paradoxically, indications of how space is occupied by forms identified with human matter. This apparent relationship entices an immediate response; one that is direct and
powerful. As well, Everingham investigates both the abilities of oil paint in a lucious and abundant manner while remaining sensitive to handling, colour, and structural space. Each study is extensively and obsessively built in multiple layers as though the development of the painting coincides with the evolving character of each work, bringing subltle signs of life in an otherwise drab environment.

*Current studies employ a dominance of figuration (portraiture) that explore each subject's lack of identity where sitters are unresponsive, isolated, and silent. These recurring themes of isolation and the visually unusual are received through a direct pictoral approach, and are depictions that pique audiences' instinctual curiosities. The banality of communication between viewer and painting is hightened with the lack of sensory body parts. Everingham first received attention during his solo show in Halifax, Canada where he showed 6 of his 98.6 Degrees paintings at the Anna Leonowens Gallery.

Scott Everingham