Medium: Watercolor and Ink

Size: 9” x 12”

Madelaine Millar’s work vomits up, and then attempts to make sense of, the complexity, specificity, and internal contradictions of the emotional states that she experiences. Her process is intuitive and improvisational, and attempts to discover emotive insight by meeting every impulse with an attitude of “yes, and”. Her painting is largely abstract, and characterized by vibrant colors, tightly woven composition, and layers of watercolor and ink applied over many hours. When she creates, her focus is on the experience of the creative process rather than the outcome, and she frequently surprises herself with the final product.

Madelaine was born and raised in Missoula, Montana, and spent five years in Boston, Massachusetts studying journalism. She rediscovered her love of visual art during the pandemic, and began to identify her unique voice when an overlapping bad breakup, unexpected move, major job change, and serious surgical procedure made for a deeply strange 2022. She is now living on the road full-time, and working as an artist and freelance writer. More of her work can be found at soupinthewoods.com or at @soup.in.the.woods.art on Instagram.

Interested in this piece? Reach out to our gallery manager at livinglese@chicagofineartsalon.com .