Sam Weeks Artist
About sam weeks
About
Sam is an internationally collected emerging UK artist, working in acrylic. She gained her Fine Art BA Hons from U.C.E. in 2001.
Both her figurative and abstract paintings have a contemporary feel - colourful and engaging, upbeat and often rich with narrative.
Weeks' fine art paintings are personal and authentic, yet have a universal resonance.
Sam is a founding member of United Artists of South Birmingham, and is available for commissions and collaborations.
My Art Practice
Whether painting an abstract or figurative piece, my practice is intuitive and process-led. I usually start a painting with no specific outcome in mind, feeling my way with the paint and various mark-making tools, allowing the process to guide me. I use brushes, yes, but also scrapers, scratching implements, rollers, a detail sander, even cutlery! Anything I can find that will apply or remove paint, is fair game. And I always have a stack of self-printed papers on hand to incorporate, adding layers of texture and history to the surface, as I go. I consider myself, first and foremost, an abstract artist, who sometimes uses figurative work to convey meaning or a story.
My preferred medium is acrylic paint, for to its immediacy and compatibility with many other media. My studio, a 10' x 14' wooden shed at the end of my garden, is my sanctuary, my laboratory, my soul's true home. In there. with my music or the radio on to keep me company, I commit fully to expressing my innermost thoughts and ideas, through paint, to those who would look and listen. Art is communication - it has a story or poem to tell, each painting a new stanza or paragraph, each series a new chapter.