Before reading this blog post on my new series of paintings take some time to go listen to The Feather Heist on This American Life. I recently listened to this podcast on a road trip to California, and it solidified my desire to create a series of paintings focused on the magic of the Birds of Paradise, the bird, not the flower. Birds of Paradise are a group of 39 birds found primarily in New Guinea and Australia. They have been shrouded in mysticism and adoration by people f

Every issue of 52 Feathers includes original art from prints that I create in my own studio. To celebrate being half way through my 52 Feathers zine project i’ve created a collection of some of my favorite paintings and turned them into a plethora of amazing products over on Society6. Shop the Summer Collection I’ve included prints from Hummingbird, Eagle, Heron, Bluebird, Dove, Goldfinch, Sparrow and Nightingale. I love being able to bring the magical colors from the pages o

Color is normally where I am most comfortable working, but for my fall projects my palette has been almost exclusively white, grey, and silver. To share this current theme with you I have created a mini collection of six new paintings on Society6. ENJOY! The magic space in fall and winter when the days shorten and the brightness of the moons builds to a nourishing fullness. The alchemical energy of letting go and manifesting simultaneously in this quiet season. Blessed Be. Ch

My life has been tossed upside down this month. After a lot of bumps and ups and downs I’m taking steps to know myself better. And as a result I’m on my own for awhile on a journey of self realization. This big leap into the next phase of my life has inspired a new series of paintings. Last week as my show, Red Shoes, wrapped, and the realities of the next few months settled into place I turned to my trusty Triple Goddess Cards for insight. I drew “The Journey Home” which res

My first public art show is up! My art! On walls in a local venue! Go me! I am excited to announce that my art will be hanging at Anytime Fitness for the next three months. Anytime Fitness is a local gym and I reached out after seeing their call for art. Apparently members of the gym had requested art for the space and the team at the store decided collaborating with local artists would be best. I am honored to be the first artist to exhibit in their space. Anytime Fitness ha

To make up for the fact that I joined the 30 Days of Painting Challenge late I thought I would do a bunch of small watercolor paintings. Although I only needed to do 13 paintings to catch up I ended doing 16, so now I’m ahead of the game! #30daychallenge #Painting #watercolor

I just signed up for the 30 day painting challenge! Paint a painting a day in the month of September. I could use a new challenge and as I’m not traveling this month it feels like a fitting time to attempt such a task. I realize we are already twelve days into the month of September but its never too late to start, or at least thats what I keep telling myself. If I do 7 paintings tomorrow and 7 paintings on Sunday i’ll be all caught up. The challenge is being organized by Les

A long time ago I found an image in National Geographic of a man holding an elk on his back. The image felt ancient and haunted to me, even though the article was about Canadian hunters and the lives they lived. I searched through magazine until I found other images of deer/human crosses and planned on creating a horned god triptych. I knew I wanted the colors of the final paintings to compliment the wall colors of my home (which are currently lime green, purple, and teal) an

Last semester the professor in my Art in Contemporary Society class help curate a couple shows. One of the shows was a Day of the Dead exhibition in Oaxaca, Mexico. The professor presented the opportunity for students in the class to create an 8 x 10 print in the medium of their choice for the show. The only other restrictions was that it had to cover the content of Edgar Allen Poe’s the Raven, and only have black, white, and red as the colors. Not wanting to miss out on bein

This is the schedule for my Performance starting tomorrow, Monday April 18th. This schedule is subject to change so check back before heading out. The project is to appear in these places dressed in white with paint and a sign that says “Paint Me.” I will stay for an hour and see what happens. Simple as that. ^_^ #Costume #Experiment #2011 #Film #SocialScience #Painting #Guerilla

Tea Collection Project from Sam Lee on Vimeo. There it is! For everyone who has seen my kitchen and wondered why it is sticky this video will reveal all. Here is the final presentation of my collections project in Foundation in Studio Arts II. For the project I collected tea for 30 days then turned it unto syrup to be mixed with milk paint. Later I shattered the cups in my kitchen, which had less to do with collections and more to do with my unexplainable desire to smash cera

I  think I will do some painting for a while becuase it is so kinetic. See if that moves me to a more tangible art form. #Cliche #Experiment #Inspiration #Painting