ABOUT THE ARTIST

After studying psychology, Samantha supported survivors of trauma within various crisis centers. She witnessed that art making was therapeutic to both survivors and to herself. She found that art creates a wonderful visual language to process trauma and express difficult emotions beyond words.

She now offers guided artmaking and writing workshops to support you on your own healing journey. Her hope is that you will be inspired to create for yourself!

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The Artmaking Process

​Early on, visual expression became a growing obsession. Since childhood, the desire to create and paint to express myself was present. For years into adulthood, Samantha painted with her hands with dramatic strokes to express the emotive colors and images in her mind. In 2017, she  discovered fluid painting to be an additional outlet for self-expression and actively taught herself. She strives to continue developing my painting techniques through experimentation and classes.

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The colors and images in her mind are often influenced by nature and emotion. She chooses color based on what resonates with her at the time or what she desires to communicate. She is often inspired by the beautiful lines, patterns and abstractions in nature, as well as theological ideas and spiritual experiences. The designs in which she moves the paint are both intuitive and planned, a beautiful marriage of both control and spontaneity. She loves the experience of painting fluidly and using gravity to flow and layer paint. She also layers washes of color, exploring the essence of light on paper, as light shines through clouds. Samantha adores the endless possibilities of interacting varying viscosities of pigment into unique outcomes that mimic the natural environment. ​​