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samos

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About Me

ABSTRACTION IS AN ART ALL IN ITS OWN. NOT TO BE UNDERSTOOD BUT APPRECIATED. FOR ME IT COMES FROM DEEP DOWN, FROM THE HEART. ITS MY WAY OF EXPRESSING MY EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS. THE BRUSH IS MY VOICE-THE PAINT ARE MY WORDS. THE COLOR, DEPTH, SPACE, COMPOSITION-THEY ALL APPEAR.I spent most of my secondary education in the art room. Any spare time that I had I was drawing, painting, or sculpting. Not much has changed over the years. After high school I went off to college. Gave it a shot and decided it wasn't for me. So I took off for the Bering Sea to become a commercial fisherman. I fished for about five years. After a knee injury I decided I was ready for school again. This time I knew what I wanted to do. Study art. I wanted to know everything there was to know. And so began the rebirth of my art.I work in three different mediums. I paint original abstract paintings on canvas using a brush and palette knife. I work mostly in oils, but am branching out with acrylics and mixed medias. I also create abstract figurative bronze sculptures in a female form. I use line and texture as well as simplicity to convey my ideas. The last of the mediums I like to work in is photography. While studying abroad in Italy, I learned the skills of printing in the darkroom. With education and the experience of running a local photo shop, I have acquired a taste for the darkroom and all it has to offer. I hand process images in my darkroom from time to time when I'm not in the studio painting or sculpting.Welcome to my world of art.

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Artists, art enthusiasts, curators, gallery owners, anyone that loves to travel and lives for the moment.

My Blog

KoiStudios Featured On The Cartfly Blog Today!

 My store Koi Studios was featured today on the Cartfly Blog! Please check out the article and feel free to do some shopping while your at it. Thank you for your support!samos
Posted by on Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:16:00 GMT

MuddyPotts

Last weekend I entered my first Christmas Craft Show. The booth money benefited the local 4-H clubs. And when I was a kid, I was big into 4-H. So it was nice to give back. I didn't have any paintings...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:47:00 GMT

Over 60 for Artists Magazine

I subscribed to the Artist's Magazine this year and found a call to artists 60 and over to be featured next year. My mother is an amazing artist and just doesn't seem to get her work out  much. So I t...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:01:00 GMT

been hibernating

it's been quite awhile since my last post i see. so much has happened and i don't even know where to begin. let's just say...time flies when you're having fun! i have NO idea where this year has gone....
Posted by on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:06:00 GMT

yellow lily

the other day i took some pics of these flowers i bought. they are still alive and gorgeous after 2 weeks! so i flipped through the pics and painted one in watercolor today. thought i'd share it with ...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:43:00 GMT

Devils Darning Needle

Skeeter is my latest work. I know I should be packing but I just can't bring myself to pack up my studio! All I want to do is paint. I'm going to pay for it, I know. But that's what procrastinators do...
Posted by on Wed, 21 May 2008 14:29:00 GMT

Lookie Lu! A Sunday Breeze Treasury

I figured out how to make a treasury on etsy today! I'm so excited!!! Can you tell? MY VERY FIRST TREASURY!!!If you are a fellow etsian, please stop by and leave a comment. I like to see what others t...
Posted by on Sun, 04 May 2008 07:22:00 GMT

EtSy and ALL the Beautiful People

As I'm sitting here eating my lunch, I thought I would chat a bit about what's been going on with me and etsy lately. Some of you know that I joined Etsy last year.  samos @ etsyAn amazing marketplace...
Posted by on Fri, 02 May 2008 12:29:00 GMT

Renegade Artists- Birth of an Installation

There's going to be an art show next month, called the Renegade Artists. It will be May 10th from 6-10pm at the Skyline Warehouse off of Hwy 6 and 50 here in Grand Junction. There will be anywhere fr...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:53:00 GMT

Divine

i finished a new painting yesterday. four canvases, each 12"x12"
Posted by on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:45:00 GMT