Scarlett Woodman collects both her imagery and materials from her surrounding landscape, mostly that which is just outside her home studio in the Kent countryside. Through her practise she takes discarded objects, usually old building materials, which she feels reflect and capture a sense of that landscape. She then transforms them, giving them a second life by piecing them together to create her artworks. 

Scarlett uses a combination of processes to create these works, but it almost always involves scratching back into the surface of the material in some way. She is drawn to the textures, colours and forms of the materials, particularly how these are created and enhanced by the ways in which they deteriorate over time. She often paints the objects out white before scratching into them which has a real softening effect, turning these hard, harsh and heavy objects, into forms which appear much more delicate. 

Trees are the main imagery of Scarlett’s work as she feels they are the perfect symbol of the strength and resilience of nature. She often focuses on one individual tree at a time making that the centre of the piece, thinking about the uniqueness of each one, how the landscape around it has changed over it’s long lifetime, and continues to change with ever increasing speed. It is this fragility of the natural world, as well as its strength, resilience and beauty, which Scarlett tries to capture in her work, by contrasting these celebratory images of nature, with the deteriorated, discarded objects on which they sit. 

Lives and works in Harrietsham, Kent (b. 1994, Kent, UK) 

Education - 

2014-17     Camberwell College of the Arts, BA Painting

2013-14     University for the Creative Arts Canterbury, Foundation Diploma