Child's Portrait

A commissioned child's portrait, of course I have to put my square strokes in somewhere. I'm a little disappointed with the picture here; the original painting looks much nicer... but that's what happens when I take a photo instead of scan it. It's been a while since I've done a figure in oil, and know it will always give me a nice painting session... portraits are fun, always different, and I've done so many that by now I don't even have to think too hard and I just enjoy the process.

oil 12x16"

Sketch Faces

Portraits I've recently made in my sketchbook. top is watercolor, bottom two are gouache...

When life throws us around

New piece, one of my recent contorted ladies, style inspired by my latest browsing of fashion and watercolor images online... I'm trying to get the clothes right, it's a bit harder to conjure up in my mind how clothing fits on a person with no reference to work from. I've been sketching more portraits lately as well... it has payed off here. I will post some of those sketches next time...

Will be printed in Linda Miller's book "Who is That Woman?"

Prints available, email sam_sgn@hotmail.com

The Rain is Getting Closer

I'm working on a series of these. This is the third one so far, and a bit larger than last time. I do love florida weather, especially the afternoon thunderstorms - the way they build in ominous plumes, swirling up the wind sweeping away stagnant air right before the down pour... mother nature's AC in the hot summer heat.

18x24" oil on canvas $495.00

prints (matted):
8x10" $15
11x14" $25

inquire by email: sam_sgn@hotmail.com

Beach continued...

There is something about rain clouds that I love... Florida's mountains.

14x18" oil on canvas $395.00

prints (matted):
8x10" $15
11x14" $25

inquire by email: sam_sgn@hotmail.com

Jensen Beach

This is an oil painting of the coast on Hutchinson Island in Jensen Beach, FL. I went out last week and shot some photos on the beach, something simple, but I loved the clouds and the sharp waves cutting out of the glassy calm water; quite beautiful. I haven't touched oils since I finished my senior project back in April, and OMG it feels sooooo good to paint with them again. Truly it is my favorite medium. During the last four months I've only been working in watercolors and I think it has loosened me up a bit somehow with the oils... which doesn't make sense. Watercolor is a much more tight and restrictive technique and requires the planning that I oh so love to ignore. But somehow I really felt the difference and enjoyed this painting completely.

14x18" oil on canvas (sold)

prints (matted):
8x10" $15
11x14" $25

inquire by email: sam_sgn@hotmail.com

Who is That Woman?

All of my recent 9x12 watercolors are soon to be in the book titled "Who is That Woman?" Each painting accompanies a piece of poetry written by Linda Miller. The book is finally near completion and will be available for sale soon! Continue to come back for updates on the release date.


"Interconnectedness"

"Surrendering"

 "Journey of Now" (sold)

 

"Sacred Fire"

All artwork is for sale. Originals are 9x12" watercolor,
in a 14x18" frame. $350 each.
8x10" matted prints $15
11x14" matted prints $25

contact me at: sam_sgn@hotmail.com

Post Art School

It has only been two months and I've already taken a completely different direction from what I was doing my senior year at Ringling... I guess it takes graduating, the lifting of the pressure to finally allow myself to paint just for pleasure, explore different media, realize I can draw from my head, and not care what others think about it... artistic freedom, finally.

Enjoy!

"Peaceful Slumber"

"Come Out and Play"

"Spooning"


All artwork is for sale. Originals are 9x12" watercolor,
in a 14x18" frame. $350 each.
8x10" matted prints $15
11x14" matted prints $25

contact me at: sam_sgn@hotmail.com

"Saturday Morning" and "Facing East"

"Saturday Morning"

"Facing East"



All artwork is for sale. Originals are 9x12" watercolor,
in a 14x18" frame. $350 each.
8x10" matted prints $15
11x14" matted prints $25

please inquire at sam_sgn@hotmail.com

Illustrations for Linda's Book

"Rain"
(sold)

"Sands of Time"

"Who is That Woman?"
(sold)

"Thank You"

All artwork is for sale. Originals are 9x12" watercolor,
in a 14x18" frame. $350 each.
8x10" matted prints $15
11x14" matted prints $25

please inquire at sam_sgn@hotmail.com

Feels Good...

"Angel"

(sold)

"The Wind Makes Me Giggle"
(sold)

"Sit Quietly"

"Love Weaves a Web"

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All artwork is for sale. Originals are 9x12" watercolor,
in a 14x18" frame. $350 each.
8x10" matted prints $15
11x14" matted prints $25

please inquire at sam_sgn@hotmail.com

Senior Thesis work

All artwork is for sale.
Originals are Oil, 12x13" and 30" tall with varying width,
2.5" gallery wrap, ready to hang. $300 and $600 each

(prints not available) contact me at: sam_sgn@hotmail.com

Senior Thesis work

(sold)

(sold)

All artwork is for sale.
Originals are Oil, 12x13" and 30" tall with varying width,
2.5" gallery wrap, ready to hang. $300 and $600 each

(prints not available) contact me at: sam_sgn@hotmail.com

Thesis Artist Statement

My involvement in community workshops utilizing the interdisciplinary arts as a method of healing has shaped my view on what is art and how it affects those who perceive it. Through my experiences I have become acutely aware of the nuances of our individual realities, how our thoughts unconsciously create the tangible worlds we live in, and the interactions between those realities. It is the reaction of multiple perceptions that I have attempted to visually illustrate as my senior project.

I conducted an investigation, break down and reconstruction of the image women conceive for themselves, focusing on women’s body issues, visually breaking down skewed self-perceptions and transforming them into subtle expressions of truth and beauty. I chose the female body and the space she inhabits as a channel to concentrate the broad scope that the self-perceived world could encompass. Body image lends itself to a variety of differing perspectives; how one sees one’s self is most often askew to the view of another. By subjecting women’s harsh, distorted, and critical self-image to such an inaccurate construct, a threshold is created where truth, clarity and her inherent perfection is granted emergence from the depths of obscurity. Through the physical medium of oil, I created a visual collision of multiple perceptions, a reaction between the relationship of the subject’s self-image, and my artistic perception as an observer of the world in shapes, color, and form as well as one who penetrates beyond the boundaries of sight, unearthing human obscurities as aesthetic beauty.