Original Painting
Exhibited at Ashe as part of Scott’s first solo exhibition BULLSEYE October 2026.
The exhibition is a mash-up of styles and influences. Some works are highly stylised, drawing heavily from traditional tattoo imagery, while others move towards a more recognisable or realistic representation. Across the body of work, Scott has developed a distinctive approach to leaving elements raw and visibly painted.
Look Up, for example, could initially appear unfinished. There are areas where the viewer might expect more refinement or detail. But that is intentional. Scott's view is that “a camera can take the perfect image. A painting should look and feel like a painting.” Each brushstroke remains visible. The work isn't trying to replicate perfection; it embraces the physical act of painting.
Oil on Canvas
Stretched
Dimensions: 760×610mm
Darfield, Canterbury
Scott McIntosh is a New Zealand artist based between the mountains and the sea on Te Waipounamu’s east coast. The local landscape especially the mountains is a heavy influence in his works but not in a traditional sense, you will see them mixed in with a good helping of tattoo and skate culture and a blending of painting styles to create bold bright unique works of art.
My experiences in this world are what shapes my work and the ability to see things for what they really are and then portray them often in a juxtaposition in my paintings is what I feel leaves people often with more questions than answers or a flash to a memory of their own lived human experience.
Original Painting
Exhibited at Ashe as part of Scott’s first solo exhibition BULLSEYE October 2026.
The exhibition is a mash-up of styles and influences. Some works are highly stylised, drawing heavily from traditional tattoo imagery, while others move towards a more recognisable or realistic representation. Across the body of work, Scott has developed a distinctive approach to leaving elements raw and visibly painted.
Look Up, for example, could initially appear unfinished. There are areas where the viewer might expect more refinement or detail. But that is intentional. Scott's view is that “a camera can take the perfect image. A painting should look and feel like a painting.” Each brushstroke remains visible. The work isn't trying to replicate perfection; it embraces the physical act of painting.
Oil on Canvas
Stretched
Dimensions: 760×610mm
Darfield, Canterbury
Scott McIntosh is a New Zealand artist based between the mountains and the sea on Te Waipounamu’s east coast. The local landscape especially the mountains is a heavy influence in his works but not in a traditional sense, you will see them mixed in with a good helping of tattoo and skate culture and a blending of painting styles to create bold bright unique works of art.
My experiences in this world are what shapes my work and the ability to see things for what they really are and then portray them often in a juxtaposition in my paintings is what I feel leaves people often with more questions than answers or a flash to a memory of their own lived human experience.
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