Artist’s Statement

The ever-present influences of Cycladic and primitive art, alongside contemporary pop culture, and the influences of mass production can be seen throughout Samuel’s artistic progression. They were evident even in his student works. He completed his studies with distinctions and went from being a student to working full-time as a sculptor.

Initially he followed the natural progression of working with interior designers and architects, making works for clients and commissions. Soon he was approached by gallerists interested in representing his work.

Samuel supplemented his burgeoning career as a sculptor with working in the modeling industry, winning the Men’s Health Look competition, as well as putting his creative skills to work in the film industry.

More than anything else, Samuel is inspired by nature, animals, and wild spaces. In many of his works, there is often a direct reference to man’s relationship with nature. He either openly pays homage to nature or fights for its cause through social commentary by highlighting man’s horrific abuse and neglect.

Samuel has spent time in Mozambique, on the Niassa reserve, where he used found and natural materials, to create a series of sculptures in response to the devastation he witnessed, due to the logging industry and the war against poaching in and around the reserve.