backdrop of Monument Valley or a young girl wearing long braids against a pink dress and a butterfly vest dressed for a powwow, painter Scott Burdick leaves his subjects’ faces expressionless, and even vague by design. “I like to have a neutral expression where people can read into it,” he says. He aims for realism, but only to a point. “I tend to paint people, both in the landscape, interiors, or even in a magical-realist environment. I’m telling a story, and I’m trying to create a visually interesting image or a person that you want to know more about.”
