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multiple abstract expressionist line portraits in white paint on a black background
multiple abstract expressionist line portraits in white paint on a black background
multiple abstract expressionist line portraits in white paint on a black background
multiple abstract expressionist line portraits in white paint on a black background — artist's signature
multiple abstract expressionist line portraits in white paint on a black background — edge view
multiple abstract expressionist line portraits in white paint on a black background — detail
multiple abstract expressionist line portraits in white paint on a black background — shown hanging
Painting by Sam Patterson-Smith 218 Artworks Sold

We the People

Acrylic, Canvas, Ready to hang

120cm (W) x 120cm (H) x 3.5cm (D)

Certificate of Authenticity Included
A$1,800

Artwork Description

Since moving to Sydney I've been trying to explore the city more, and I think I've realised one of my favourite things about it. The energy and life that comes from an urban space I feel is partially from the lights, architecture and technology we surround ourselves with but also from us...the people within it. This work depicts fleeting glimpses I have of the hundreds of people moving through the streets of Sydney. Some have distinct features and some are more of a blur, but each is different. It's these weird and wonderful figures that give the city life, the people.
I'm glad I get to be one of them.

Artist Bio
Photo of Sam Patterson-Smith
Sam Patterson-Smith 259 artworks | 192 Sold

I find that my art enables me to express elements of my world that can't necessarily be seen by the naked eye, its an attempt at conveying something a bit intangible. Abstraction is the primary way I communicate my ideas and experiences in art.
The naive and somewhat primitive lines, shapes, colours and textures I use are my attempt at capturing the atmosphere, personality or feeling of a place or person I have encountered in my life, realism or a photograph in my opinion doesn't always capture these elements of the world.
I feel that my art brings these to the surface...it shows the soul of something, somewhere, or someone. Perhaps you will see someone you know within my strange works, maybe even yourself.