Madeleine O’Donnell (b.2000, Birmingham, UK) weaves elements of abstraction into expressive, textured compositions that blur the  line between the real and the imagined, dissolving the boundaries between seen and felt in her paintings. She draws inspiration from  both dreams and lived experience. She references to her own photograph taken on travels or in natural settings, and recreates them  with personal interpretations, where surreal elements and imagined scenes coalesce. She delves into psychological and emotional  atmospheres, constructing immersive, layered worlds where familiarity and estrangement coexist. Through intuitive mark making and  rich surfaces, her paintings invite viewers to step beyond the physical world and into something more intangible and felt, converging  internal and external realities.