Sam Smyth United Kingdom
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Sam is a Norfolk based abstract painter. He works with highly pigmented matte acrylics to paint and airbrush his compositions onto stretched linen, mixing gradients with hard-edged blocks of solid colour. Sam employs a geometric form of Gestalt design theory as a method of ‘carrying’ the colours that he uses, but interaction of colour is at the heart of the work.

'I take inspiration from the post-painterly abstraction of the 50s & 60s as well as Japanese wood block printing traditions and post-war Japanese art & design. With an interest in science I like to think of abstract painting not only as a free vehicle for aesthetic exploration but also as an activity that supports the study of visual perception and the properties of light.

I studied at Arts University Bournemouth and now work from my studio in Norwich. '

Artwork

Eddy, acrylic on linen, 2019

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Sơn Tây, acrylic on linen, 2018

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Silva, acrylic on linen, 2019

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Kasei Valles, acrylic / airbrush on paper, 2019

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Brownian, acrylic, airbrush & Acrylic medium on linen, 1019

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Ares Vallis, 2019

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Chime, acrylic on paper, 2020

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Carillon, acrylic on paper, 2020

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Loof, acrylic & acrylic mediums on linen, 2020

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Kaze, acrylic on linen, 2020

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Projects and exhibitions

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Mural

15/01/2020 — 20/02/2020

Window Mural for The Conran Shop, Marylebone | Jan 2020

The Conran Shop, Marylebone, London Details
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CollagePaintingPrintmaking
Other keywords
Abstract