Scott is well-known for his viral frame alterations, including his broken glass art technique which creates the illusion of characters interacting with the frames containing them. He uses his hands, hammers, chisels, and other tools to break the glass surfaces of his works. In other pieces, he destroys or manipulates the frames, further altering the materials that encase his artworks.

The end result is the same: the works take on a life of their own. The glass shatters when a child hits a foul ball, a boxer takes a punch, and a kid shoots a slingshot. Elsewhere, a man uses a sledgehammer in an attempt to escape the frame.

Inspired by the communication style of editorial illustrators and street artists, Scott’s work is defined by visual plot twists, conceptual storytelling, and symbolic subversion. His grayscale colour palette is marked with bursts of red colour. Scott is interested in the complex psychology of the human mind and the variety of feelings that come with emotional growth, evident in the detailed facial expressions and intense behaviours portrayed in his illustrations.

Andrew Scott: “My work celebrates the beauty in hope, perseverance, and growth — as well as in struggle, melancholy, and introspection.”

Andrew Scott is a contemporary artist known for his frame manipulation and trademark shattered glass techniques. He expands the tension between art and environment by applying elements of the environment that lead the viewer into the scene. His artistry moves beyond the boundaries of the frame, creating a journey into wild ideation and conceptual art. Each work developed by Scott consumes the viewer in multiple layers of significance, but still holds cultural capital to collectors and investors interested in contemporary art.

## About Andrew Scott

Andrew Scott is a self-taught visual artist whose career began with a simple philosophical premise, "Why can't the frame be a doorway?" From this point, Scott began to generate unique works that combined traditional portraiture with sculptural interruptions to offer thrilling art experiences that obliterated the canvas.

Originally from the US, Scott was able to quickly build traction as an artist through his dynamic and visceral treatment of broken glass, escape characteristics and illusionistic presentation of framed art experiences. What had begun as a series of conceptual experiments soon went viral with the assistance of Scott’s active [social media](https://fairart.com/editorial/insights/frame-of-mind-the-incredible-art-of-rising-social-media-sensation-andrew-scott/69) presence. His [Instagram](https://fairart.com/editorial/insights/the-rise-of-instagram-artists-breaking-down-barriers-in-the-art-world/121), which is building a following extremely quickly, has been his primary megaphone to share conceptual works and installations that defy traditional art paradigms associated with framed art.


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