Gumoils, 2025-2026

A narrow cobblestone street in an old European town, flanked by multi-story buildings with balconies and arched entrances, capturing an old black and white photograph.
A narrow cobblestone street in an old European town, flanked by multi-story buildings with balconies and arched entrances, capturing an old black and white photograph.

Scott Mueller

Gumoils, 2025-2026

Gumoils is an ongoing body of work that explores the space at the intersection of photography, painting, and the physical object. Beginning with photographic images i transform each work by hand through the Gumoil process, using oil pigment, exposure, removal and reworking to alter the original image. Creating unique, one-of-a-kind photographic works rendered with oil paint.

The resulting works are singular photographic objects-images shaped as much by the unpredictability of the process as by any artistic decisions. Familiar photographs become fragmented, obscured and reimagined, questioning photography’s traditional role as a fixed record of reality.

Gumoil photograph illustrating a timber-framed house at night with a steep roof, seen from below. The caption indicates the scene is of a 'Half timbered house of Alsace' signed by Scott Mueller.

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GUMOILS 2025-2026

A Gumoil Photograph Chinon tower and part of the fortress that has fallen down, labeled 'Chinon'.
A Gumoil photograph of an ancient castle with multiple towers, situated on a hilltop. The sky is dark and cloudy, creating a mysterious atmosphere.

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