SCOTT VRADELIS | WAITING ROOM

May 18 - June 20, 2025

VIEW EXHIBITION

The pieces in this exhibition came at the end of a body of work called “Winter’s Poem for Spring”, in the Winter of 2021 to Spring of 2022 . It is a visual poem. The idea was that this body was the gift that Winter, as it faded, gave to Spring, as it arose. In this way, the pieces call to mind that all forms follow this pattern. It celebrates the process of rising and falling, noting it, engaging as best as possible, generating a response, then letting it go. The paintings, like all communications of this type, are one way of asking the viewer to, “Consider it this way”.

The works are made on prepared Dibond panels, and prepared archival museum board each backed with painted poplar. The scale varies slightly but is approximately 12” x 8.5”. The pieces included can be described as having a “ground” plane with a nearly central form. The hues, value relationships, temperatures, type of marks, numbers of paint layers, substrate used, and other attributes, vary from piece to piece. The paint used is a “custom blend” of dispersions in various acrylic binders and additives, allowing for a specific non-reflective quality to the surface.

Scott Vradelis earned an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University, travelled to Europe to study painting, then lived and worked in Manhattan and Brooklyn as a painter for 18 years. Since moving to Elkins Park just outside Philadelphia in 2004, he has worked to establish and successfully operate a local business, has helped his wife Catherine raise their three now grown children, and continues to paint, study, and practice.

He has investigated, and continues to investigate a wide range of subjects on his own and with the generous help of others. They include particle physics, chaos theory, aesthetics, archetypal psychology, various forms of music, and many aspects of painting from multiple traditions including prehistoric image making, early Asian painting, western Postmodernism, and for the past ten years has engaged in the practice and study of various aspects of early Buddhism.