About Sam

This is me, drawing 5 year old me, dressed in one of those awful 1970's orange and brown flower power long nylon party dresses - well it was Christmas 1979!

I've been a professional artist since 2012 and I'm probably mostly known for painting the universally loved animal the cow. However in recent years I've enjoyed telling stories with my artwork and I've enjoyed a variety of projects and collaborations. Whether that's illustrating and documenting the social history of Tewkesbury which resulted in a 8 metre long embroidery that was created by 8,000 local residents, or creating picture book illustrations or painting bespoke original commissions weaving family stories into the artwork or creatively collaborating with corporates and schools - whatever it is, it's always about promoting creativity as a way of life.

Here's a little peek into my creative years so far:

Awards

Women in business (finalist 2014)

Bronze Award Show display (Three Counties 2013

Silver Display (Three Counties 2014)

Best in show (Winter Fair 2016)

South West Rural Awards Creative Business (Winner 2021-22)

Publications:

Art Business Today (2015)

Distinkt Cards licensed work (2015)

Brand Heroes (book contribution 2018)

In Write magazine (2019)

UWE Academic Scholarship (2022)

Exhibitions:

Animal art fair (south bank) 2012

Brewery Arts group show (Stroud) 2015

Creature Kind (The Roses Theatre Tewkesbury) 2016

The British Gallery (Norfolk) 2017

Park Gallery (Cheltenham) 2017

Tattersett group show (44AD Bath 2019)

Open Studios (Tewkesbury 2021)

Stitch Story (Tewkesbury 2022)

Project partners:

Soho Coffee Co. (pop-up workshops)

Capital One (Staff Development days)

The National Union of Farmers (Staff wellbeing programme)

Young Farmers (creative wellbeing)

The Feel Good Festival (creative wellbeing)

Tewkesbury Culture Network (Stitch Story)

Northway Infant School (Creative collaborations)

Retail partners:

Labels Outlet (Ross on Wye)

Tewkesbury Cards & Gifts (Tewkesbury)