Maddie Stratton
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Maddie Stratton (b.1991) is a figurative painter and illustrator from New Orleans,LA.
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My work 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?”