BY SERAPHINA CALDER
L. Scooter Morris doesn’t create work that stays on the wall. It reaches out—visually, emotionally, and even physically. She calls herself a sensory illusionist, and it fits. Her “Sculpted Paintings” are built from mixed media and layered surfaces that invite you to move around them, not just look at them. These aren’t decorative pieces. They’re charged with tension—the kind that lives between what’s happening and what’s underneath.
What drives Morris isn’t perfection. It’s truth. She works to create spaces that ask, rather than answer—spaces where we can slow down, take stock, and ask harder questions about the world around us. She doesn’t offer slogans. Her work isn’t about clarity or comfort. It’s about complexity, contradiction, and choosing to look directly at what’s unfolding.