Madison’s works straddle the territory between dream and lucidity, where both realities and fantasies are ambiguous. Her canvases are full-bodied, submerged in jeweled blues, reds and greens. Explicitly prompted by emotion and memory, they aim to steer chimeric narratives provoked by abrasion towards a sense of relief. 

 

This interview was conducted over video call in December. Madison phoned us from her studio at Cranbrook, where she was preparing to participate in Art Clvb’s Midwest Studio Deals. For about an hour, we circled around notions of memory, color and portraiture.

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