about
Madeline Birdsall (b. 2003, Flower Mound, TX) is an artist currently based in Savannah, Georgia. Working primarily in acrylic and collage, her paintings center around the beauty of candid moments between friends, family, and strangers through varying time periods and emulate the look of vintage film photography. Her paintings have been featured in student group exhibition Sample Size, as well as the SCAD Fine Arts Showcase (2025, 2026). She will graduate from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2026 with a BFA in painting.
artist statement
While the memories are not my own, I find that the love held within them is palpable, and that feeling inspires everything I make.
My paintings explore the timeless beauty of unstaged moments between friends, family, and strangers based on a growing collection of found candid photography. I paint images from the past and present with color palettes reflective of analog film to set my pieces into their respective era and characterize the groups of strangers I am depicting. My work culminates as a scrapbook collection of memories that invites viewers to immerse themselves in and experience the anonymous and universal faces of friendship, familial love, and interpersonal bonds.