Sam Wethern
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| Gender | Male |
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| Location | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Introduction | I started painting in 1991 when my wife gave me a tin of paints and the book “How to Paint Watercolors.” I painted only in watercolors until 1998 when I started with oils, and in 2000 with acrylics. Bright color predominates in my paintings, which reflect on personal experience, social issues, stereotype and bias, faith and religion, family and aging. I am now retired but previously worked as a lawyer as well as an artist and some of my paintings reflect on social justice issues and the court process, and include several large scale “jury” paintings, judge portraits, and a series reflecting on capital punishment. My work styles include figurative, abstract, landscape and portrait. Many of my works on canvas are large, up to 4 feet x 8 feet, with many works on two panels. |
| Interests | Color, painting, drawing, prints and printing, photography, art history, art galleries, modern art, contemporary art, graffiti art, pop art, art 1900 - 2000, art comment, abstract expressionism. |