Samantha Bush

ABOUT ME

Having studied at a private arts based college in Oxford I was highly privileged to receive the individual tutelage of an internationally renowned contemporary abstract artist. My work is now in the private and corporate collections of many clients ranging from Bond Street Jewellers and celebrities to Property Developers, City Bankers and Art Collectors with my paintings included in collections containing work by great artists such as Patrick Heron.

I draw much of my inspiration from natural landscapes and geological forms. In addition to this, I am fascinated with the earth and mans past and continuing interaction with it. Of particular interest are pathways and the ancient marks that they leave on the landscape. For me they are an ongoing and tangible connection with the past. I try to capture within my work the emotional response or memories of a particular visit, as well as or sometimes instead of the pure structure of my subject. My work often includes areas of heavy texture and within these areas I sometimes use precious and semi-precious gemstones as symbols of the natural and archaeological treasures that lie beneath our feet waiting to be discovered. I frequently consider the incredible range of emotions that an archaeologist must feel when unearthing a find on whatever scale of importance from a small shard of pottery to a rich burial site of world importance such as 'The Amesbury Archer'. These are the feelings, along with my own responses that I attempt to convey.