About

Madeline is a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting. Born and raised on the coast of New Hampshire, Madeline developed an undeniable love for land and seascapes at an early age. Art is her passion and her surroundings have influenced the way she paints. International Travels also had a direct influence on her admiration for scenery. Madeline spent spring semester of her junior year studying the sights, sounds and smells of Florence, Italy at SACI (2015), where she began exploring the formal element of abstract art. Since then, her work has evolved past structural landscapes and moved towards the importance of aesthetics.

Artist Statement

I’m specially drawn to the drama of light and shadow—and the unique forms that result from their movement. I collect specific shapes that interest me and construct them onto a two-dimensional surface.  The accumulation of these shapes have evolved into a cast of characters, that I’ve become committed to narrating throughout my body of work.

I use oil paint, palette knifes, brushes, ink and a variety of other materials to help me think about what it is that I’m making. I’m realizing that it should be something that succeeds for you as an artwork, something you want others to see and perhaps tell them about. Artwork to me is about discovery and following that to wherever the process may lead. The work that you create as an artist is always a few steps ahead of you, which allows you to enter a vulnerable stage of just “creating”, forcing you to reflect on what you’ve already made happen.

-Madeline Gaffey

Unified by a love for the Earth and the people who live in it.

Eu alia civibus imperdiet eos. Id eos blandit apeirian interpretaris. Quas consulatu pri ex. Iudico prompta ne vix, usu ne vero persius quaerendum, et ius autem sanctus. Ius no libris constituto, soleat praesent nec ex. Movet alterum ullamcorper sit ei, ne sit appetere forensibus, eam at facilisi inimicus.