Writing and Framworks

Painting by Deborah Scott demonstrating structural omission—an original framework developed by the artist to reflect post-certainty in contemporary figurative work. The image includes deliberate incompletion and psychological tension to challenge the viewer’s sense of resolution.

Post-Certainty: Structural Omission in Contemporary Art

Post-Certainty in Cultural Context We’re living in a time that performs certainty at every turn—answers delivered instantly, confidence faked at scale. But the ground has shifted. What I’m seeing, and sensing in so many conversations, is that wholeness no longer feels believable. That’s what I mean by post-certainty. For me, post-certainty isn’t about AI—it’s about […]

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Structural Omission in Painting: What Can’t Be Known Still Belongs in the Frame

What Can’t Be Known Still Belongs in the Frame Some stories aren’t told—they’re constructed around what’s missing. That’s the space I paint from. Whether or not you’ve read my writing, if you’ve stood in front of one of my paintings and sensed something unresolved, you’ve already encountered the logic behind them: **Structural Omission**. — We’re

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