Ayo Scott originally painted as a means of letting go of life’s curveballs, such as the
death of his father, grad school and post-Katrina New Orleans. Those curveballs
brough grief, but also a purpose to Scott’s art. After seeing the face of a city change so
quickly, he began creating to preserve and magnify pieces that make the city special.
While much of his work is abstract, his subject is now focused on ways to celebrate
the defenders of the spirit of New Orleans.
As the son of the late artist, Xavier professor, and MacArthur Genius, John T. Scott, his
mural is an ode to generations of New Orleanians, with depictions of his father’s wellknown
public sculptures Spirit House and Ocean Song and his young daughter dressed
as Wonder Woman holding a daisy as tribute to his mother.