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Artist Statement -



ABSTRACTION IS AN ART ALL IN ITS OWN. NOT TO BE UNDERSTOOD BUT APPRECIATED. FOR ME IT COMES FROM DEEP DOWN, FROM THE HEART AND SOUL. IT IS MY WAY OF EXPRESSING MY EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS. THE BRUSH IS MY VOICE. THE PAINT ARE MY WORDS. COLOR, DEPTH, SPACE, COMPOSITION-THEY JUST APPEAR.~SAMOS

I spent most of my secondary education in the art room. Any spare time that I had I was drawing, painting, or sculpting. Not much has changed over the years. After high school I went off to college. Gave it a shot and decided it wasn't for me. So I took off for the Bering Sea to become a commercial fisherman. I fished for about five years. After a knee injury I decided I was ready for school again. This time I knew what I wanted to do. Study art. I wanted to know everything there was to know. And so began the rebirth of my art.

I work in three different mediums. I paint original abstract paintings on canvas using a brush and palette knife. I work mostly in oils, but am branching out with acrylics and mixed medias. I also create abstract figurative bronze sculptures in a female form. I use line and texture as well as simplicity to convey my ideas. The last of the mediums I like to work in is photography. While studying abroad in Italy, I learned the skills of printing in the darkroom. With education and the experience of running a local photo shop, I have acquired a taste for the darkroom and all it has to offer. I hand process images in my darkroom from time to time when I'm not in the studio painting or sculpting.

Welcome to my world of art.

Artist Exhibitions



2014

<seemetakeover, NY Times Square, NY, NY

2013

the Fritz, Salida, CO

2012

Holiday Pottery Sale, Salida, CO

2011

3rd Street Art Gallery, Westcliffe, CO

2010

Carbondale Sculpture Walk, Carbondale, CO

2009

Fremont Center for the Arts, Canon City, CO

Push Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

Cartel Coffee Art Gallery, Tempe, AZ

Conspire Art Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

Carbondale Sculpture Walk, Carbondale, CO

2008

Planet Earth & the Four Directions Gallery, Grand Junction, CO

Art Matters Gallery, Salida, CO

Fremont Center for the Arts, Canon City, CO

Vectra Bank, Grand Junction, CO

Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO

2007

Planet Earth & the Four Directions Gallery, Grand Junction, CO

Paquette Art Gallery, Salida, CO

2006

Planet Earth & the Four Directions Gallery, Grand Junction, CO

Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO

2004

Planet Earth & the Four Directions Gallery, Grand Junction, CO

2002

Johnson Art Gallery, Grand Junction, CO

Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO 2001

Planet Earth & the Four Directions Gallery, Grand Junction, CO

SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2014

Second Time Around, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, VA

2009

Art Matters, Salida, CO 2008 Art Matters, Salida, CO

2006

Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Brush and Palette Members Exhibit

2002

40th Fall Art Festival, Glenwood Springs, CO

42nd Annual Art Exhibit, Ouray, CO

Mesa State Student Art Show, Grand Junction, CO

INVITED EXHIBITIONS

2013

Creatives Rising, Brooklyn, NY

2009

Picasso Sings the Blues, Highland Park, IL

Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy

Marziart Internationale Galerie, Hambury, Germany

2008

Carbondale Art on the Town, Carbondale, CO

Articipation, Salida, CO

2007

Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy

Brilliant Dimensions, San Antonio, TX

Boulder City Public Artscape, Boulder City, NV

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Artist Collections



Numerous private, corporate, museum, gallery and government collections detailed information coming soon.

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