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I go to images that I’ve saved for years to create new works. The background of this work is pages from ART FORUM magazine. The gallery exhibit announcements usually have color reproductions of art included. I’d cut the pages into 5” squares and saved them. I’d just finished a collaboration with another artist that involved drawing with different media. I wanted to create some simple pencil drawings on the magazine squares. I thought of the old perception that a true artist can draw a perfectly round circle. I kept drawing circles and it was relaxing and fun. To seal the drawings I used acrylic paint with clear acrylic. This turned the graphite dark, made the circles look lively and added color, movement and interest. I arranged the circles in a pattern and began the process of collage in canvas. The overall effect kind of feels like happy wallpaper. After looking at the composition with the art images I decided that I didn’t like them and used white gesso and ultra flat medium to cover them. This gave the circles a painterly quality and added interest to the circles. For contrast I added additional sheen to the circles.
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SAMUEL FLEMING LEWIS ARTIST STATEMENT I am an American artist best known for my abstract mixed media works on paper, collage works on canvas, and blind contour portrait drawings. The foundation of my work is collage. Incorporating my drawing or drafting methods with recycled printed materials, graphic design, and African art, I create collages. My collage pieces unite geometric shapes, abstracted forms, repetition, color, and patterns. I'm currently producing archival-quality digital monoprints by reinventing my collage, painting, and drawing works with new colors and compositions. My abstract representations of what I see or feel in my mind's eye are my blind contour portraits. I have complete freedom to create abstract portraits thanks to the drawing technique. While studying faces on images or African masks, I use graphite pencil, ink, oil-stick, or acrylic markers. I also utilize my face or body as a model by touching it while drawing. I want the handmade quality of my collages and drawings to attract the interest of viewers. As an artist, I produce vibrant graphic compositions that allow viewers to drift into the realm of artistic expression. Some of my works subtly raises awareness of prejudice, injustice, racial bias, homophobia, human rights, and other concerns while simultaneously being visually appealing.
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