Scorched Earth - It's Getting Warmer
A visceral portrayal of vulnerability and the inescapable toll of climate change.
This painting captures the urgency and helplessness of confronting global warming, symbolized through a young woman fleeing an apocalyptic landscape.
Scorched Earth – It’s Getting Warmer depicts a young woman fleeing a fiery, apocalyptic landscape, her bare feet on the scorched ground emphasizing her vulnerability in an uncontrollable crisis. Her fearful expression and symbolic gesture draw parallels to Renaissance depictions of saints, elevating her plight to a universal narrative of endurance and struggle.
The painting reflects the urgency and helplessness of confronting global warming, illustrating the personal and collective toll of environmental destruction. The rough abstraction mirrors the chaos of the climate crisis, while her attempt to escape symbolizes humanity’s futile efforts to outrun its consequences.
This work invites viewers to reflect on the inescapable reality of climate change and its impact on future generations, urging collective action before it’s too late.
Oil and mixed media on canvas
60″ x 36″
The Full Story Doesn’t Exist: Structural Omission in Contemporary Realism
Deborah Scott’s paintings begin with real conversations—personal narratives offered in moments of trust. But the works resist the illusion of full understanding. Rather than completing the story, each piece reveals its limits: what can be seen, and what cannot.
Rendered with classical precision and intentionally interrupted, these images reflect Scott’s framework of Structural Omission—a practice that refuses closure and challenges the viewer’s desire for resolution. The absences aren’t decorative; they’re structural. What’s missing was never meant to be filled in.
In an era of instant answers and polished certainty, Scott’s realism holds space for complexity, fracture, and the unknown.