20/10/2026
On the eve of his move to Milan, Joe Cheetham sat down with curator and art historian Chaz Scott for Glasgow Art Map’s ‘In the Studio’ series.
“I’m trying to make paintings that are portraits, but also, they’re about a moment of pausing. Making a painting, you’re pouring everything into the frame. So in the same way that I’m pouring a lot of features into the face and they need to find their own stillness where they’re balanced, it’s the same when you’re composing a painting. You’re pouring a lot of things in and balancing them. If they were to become too static, the painting is dead. I’m trying to make paintings of people that are almost paused in states. They look not at you, but through you.”
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Interview - Chaz Scott for Glasgow Art Map
Image credit Chaz Scott