Matthew Samuels…
is a self-trained painter with an energetic abstract style.
“I am a self-taught, abstract painter always looking to expand the boundaries of my work and practice. I get inspiration by looking, I learn by doing, and I create by experimenting. From toothpicks to industrial brooms, I use all types of unconventional tools to achieve the effects I desire. My studio supplies and my painting practices may appear chaotic to others, but they work perfectly for me as they open my creative channels and let the necessary spontaneity arise organically.
I place my canvases on the floor of my studio, and paint by standing on ladders, stools, and the floor. I have devised a method of heating acrylic paint to attain just the right consistency for my purposes. With energetic gestures I fling, squirt, drip, squeeze, spray, drop and throw paint from all angles and heights until a finished piece emerges. Each completed painting resonates with its own unique color vibrations and inherent rhythm and tempo.”
His signature splatter paintings have been collected and exhibited across New York and Connecticut. Among the public spaces that have featured his work include Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; The Ronald McDonald House, New York, NY; Dr. Joel Kassimir’s office, New York, NY; The Paris Apartment Building, New York, NY; The Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT; and Rolling Hills Country Club, Wilton, CT.
The artist lives in New York, NY and maintains a studio in Westport, CT.
New Work by work is currently on exhibition in the at Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City, NY.