Sam Kelly

Sam Kelly

Dayton, USA

The perceived world is a conduit for Sam’s improvised works of abstraction. What we discover is not a still life, but a referenced motif and the belief that it is devoid of articulation. This contradiction compels us to find what could have been erased or pieced together. But that is not how Sam sees is. By lending trust to a palette knife and oil paint, Sam explores how the medium produces an aesthetic.

Balthus, Giacometti, and Matisse are Sam’s inspirations. One can observe how the spectrum between abstraction and representation compels Sam to produce a series that perhaps lies in the middle- the act of evoking. Under this template, the tactile forms and shapes of the paintings become relevant as much as they are to be noticed. This “semiabstract’ series upholds a presence and intensity that could also inspire you.