about
Sam is a figurative artist based in London. She paints in oil on plywood panels and on paper.
Since returning to the UK after a BFA (Hons) in Fine Art from Oregon State University in 1997, Sam also works as a scenic artist, producing art and painting scenery for film, television and theatre.
Sam also takes portrait commissions, mostly of children and teenagers. Her portraits have appeared in many prize and open exhibitions, such as the BP Portrait Award 2016, 2018, the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition and Royal Society of Portrait Painters . In 2017, she was commissioned to paint Dame Valerie Beral for Oxford University as part of their Diversity in Portraiture project and in 2018 she appeared in Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year TV show. She is a member of Contemporary British Portrait Painters.
If you're interested in commissioning a portrait, please get in touch.
exhibitions
2020
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Perceptions - works by the CBPP The Space, Cass Art, London
2018
BP Portrait Award National Portrait Gallery, London
Lynn Painter-Stainers' Award Mall Galleries, London
2017
The Full Picture : Oxford in Portraits Bodleian Libraries, Oxford
Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize Piano Nobile, Kings Place, London
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Mall Galleries, London
2016
BP Portrait Award National Portrait Gallery, London
The 248th Summer Exhibition Royal Academy of Art, London
2015
RBSA Portrait Prize RBSA Gallery, Birmingham
Society of Women Artists Mall Galleries, London