Sam employs these sketches as a starting point for her paintings, allowing them to develop organically. She uses a mixture of representation and abstraction in her paintings; shapes and composition are developed with a soft colour palette and energised mark making. Although verging on abstraction, each work comes from a physical place capturing emotion and experience.
Sam worked for years both as an illustrator and textile designer before becoming a full-time painter. As an illustrator she drew daily, often under time-pressure working for newspapers and magazines. Drawing is still the foundation of her work, she describes herself as a ‘limited colourist’, applying colour in a direct and spontaneous way with no preconceived idea of where the work will go.
Sam has a degree in Fine Art and an MA in Art and Design. She illustrated for House & Garden and The Guardian and her numerous commissions include work for Highgrove & Sandringham, The Dorchester, Harrods and Cath Kidston. For a while she set up and ran her own textile company. She is now painting full-time and her work is in great demand. She had a solo show in London in autumn 2023.
Sam worked for years both as an illustrator and textile designer before becoming a full-time painter. As an illustrator she drew daily, often under time-pressure working for newspapers and magazines. Drawing is still the foundation of her work, she describes herself as a ‘limited colourist’, applying colour in a direct and spontaneous way with no preconceived idea of where the work will go.
Sam has a degree in Fine Art and an MA in Art and Design. She illustrated for House & Garden and The Guardian and her numerous commissions include work for Highgrove & Sandringham, The Dorchester, Harrods and Cath Kidston. For a while she set up and ran her own textile company. She is now painting full-time and her work is in great demand. She had a solo show in London in autumn 2023.
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