Sam Purcell
 Tete a TeteMixed media on board, 85 x 65cm, £750 |  Snowdrops and CoffeeMixed media on board, 64 x 64cm, £700 |  HelleboreMixed media on board, 85 x 65cm, £750 |
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 Olive BranchMixed media on board, 64 x 64cm, £700 |  BirdMixed media on board, 85 x 65cm, £750 |  Dog and HyacinthMixed media on board, 64 x 64cm, £700 |
 OrchidHouse paint, gouache and pencil on board, 64 x 64cm, £690 |  Blue Spring FlowersMixed media on board, 49 x 52cm, £600 |  Geraniums and LemonsMixed media on board, 64 x 64cm, £650 |
 Green SnowdropsMixed media on board, 46 x 48cm, £600 |  Narcissi and PrimrosesMixed media on board, 64 x 64cm, £650 |  KitchenMixed media on board, 34.5 x 34.5cm, £400 |
 Flowers and TunaSOLD Mixed media on board, 64 x 64cm |  TulipsSOLD Mixed media on board, 64 x 64cm |  Aeonium and PebblesSOLD Mixed media on board, 64 x 64cm |
 PeoniesSOLD Mixed media on board, 64 x 64cm |  Citrus TableSOLD Mixed media on board, 64 x 64cm |
Sam studied at Winchester College of Art (Foundation year) and Brighton Polytechnic between 1983 and 1987, gaining a BA Hons in Expressive Arts, a combined course of fine art and dance, with painting her main focus. After several years away from that consistent practice and having run a small business utilising her drawings in the interim, Lockdown provided a time to reestablish a concentrated approach to painting and a chance to gather together a body of work with which to approach galleries.
She works intuitively combining observational drawing and stylised, naïve painting, and places emphasis on mark making, colour and balance. Her paintings have been described as joyful and she is fond of the use of some light hearted imagery, for example a bird that has made appearances in several works. Inspiration comes from much loved objects and very often flowers which usually come from her garden. She enjoys the use of decorative motifs and pattern which she makes with whatever she has to hand; a potato, a radish or the cork from a bottle of Rosé.