Scott Garrett is an artist, illustrator, and ceramicist based in Hastings, East Sussex.

Paintings

The paintings have moved away from figurative representation. Only the ghosts of human presence remain in these vacant structures.

The work draws on American road trips — abandoned roadside buildings and ghost towns in Nevada, deteriorated desert structures near Joshua Tree, grain elevators in Montana. Closer to home, the beach huts and fishermen's structures of Dungeness.

Simple paintings of simple structures. Archetypal buildings — flattened, simplified forms that feel emotionally charged, awaiting human presence and vitality to return to them.

Ceramics

The ceramic work is rooted in two traditions: the face jug folk pottery of North Carolina and Georgia, and English slipware — particularly the North Devon harvest jugs with their sgraffito techniques.

Sgraffito involves dipping terracotta in white liquid clay, then carving back through to reveal the brown clay beneath. The glaze turns the white surface into a warm honey colour.

Illustration portfolio: garrettworld.co.uk