Inspired by her American background and deeply rooted in a lifelong connection to the Texas Hill Country, Naomi Singleton depicts landscapes that resemble home. Freedom collides with attachment as the subject matter of wide open spaces become entangled in the desire to preserve a fleeting moment.
The encounter between the artist and nature forms the foundation of Singleton’s work. The natural world acts as a catalyst for her painting process. She records, interprets, and remembers—sometimes through a rose-colored lens, where mountains cast dark cherry shadows and leaves turn cobalt blue.
Her work acknowledges humanity and nature as two inseparable entities. In the absence of visible figures, the human presence remains. It reveals itself in the fences built, the trails carved, or the overgrown bush near a pond’s edge, left to be tidied another day. When figures do appear, they leap from rocks, slip through hedge tunnels, or dry their skin after a dip in a hot spring.
This element of human engagement, paired with the seemingly surreal use of color and form, builds an emotional terrain shaped by lived experience. In this way, the landscape bears the imprint of having been moved through—flickering between presence and memory, the personal and the universal.
Singleton received a BA in Art History with a minor in Film and Television from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2020. She is currently pursuing an MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art.
The encounter between the artist and nature forms the foundation of Singleton’s work. The natural world acts as a catalyst for her painting process. She records, interprets, and remembers—sometimes through a rose-colored lens, where mountains cast dark cherry shadows and leaves turn cobalt blue.
Her work acknowledges humanity and nature as two inseparable entities. In the absence of visible figures, the human presence remains. It reveals itself in the fences built, the trails carved, or the overgrown bush near a pond’s edge, left to be tidied another day. When figures do appear, they leap from rocks, slip through hedge tunnels, or dry their skin after a dip in a hot spring.
This element of human engagement, paired with the seemingly surreal use of color and form, builds an emotional terrain shaped by lived experience. In this way, the landscape bears the imprint of having been moved through—flickering between presence and memory, the personal and the universal.
Singleton received a BA in Art History with a minor in Film and Television from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2020. She is currently pursuing an MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art.