Avatar, Ink on paper, 7"x7", 2006

In the coming weeks, updates will be posted along with a series of miniature images.

Latest Painting

Leighton's Athlete, oil on canvas, 60"x48", 2006

This was just completed about two months ago. It's one of the largest and most labor-intensive projects I've taken on so far. Total working time is somewhere around 300 hrs.

The background is all invented imagery and the figure was done using photo reference material. Frederick Leighton's sculpture, Athlete Wrestling A Python, is the center of interest. From there, I created a backdrop that behaves in a surreal manner. Another goal of this piece was to take something from the nineteenth century and make it look contemporary.

Any comments/feedback/input is welcome.

Sam

A work-in-progress shot of the oil painting.

A detail of Leighton's Athlete.

Blog

News, updates and information about upcoming exhibitions, as well as works in progress will be posted here. Stay tuned.