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The White Bull
(48″x67″; grassello, oils, shellac, charcoal, metal-leaf on Masonite; 2019)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sam Colt
Montpelier, Vermont<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STATEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my Montpelier studio I apply and compress two to five coats of Italian marble plasters on Masonite panels which I zip around on with knives to reveal under-stories, sometimes burnishing mica or ashes from a fire or a cremation into the matrix. The resulting complex surfaces billow with indeterminate repetitive shapes and serve as the backdrop for quick sketches of stuff that moves me: Ships, yawning barns, cities, distorted bridges, key-stoned architectural elements: an unhinged cartography. These frequent fliers are often meditated on with bits of gold leaf, gouache washes, charcoal, acids, waxes & varnishes. The resulting expressive abstract paintings are the result of thousands of percussive adventures in rare materials and are made in devotion to following an instinctual compass rose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BIO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was home-schooled in a one-room cabin in Vermont until high school where i was lucky enough to find a terrific art room and a dedicated art teacher who helped orient me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my twenties, I studied the old European canon of decorative arts at The Isabel O’Neil Workshop Studio where i learned gold-leafing, fauxbois, grisaille and beautiful lacquer finishes. Eventually i left to begin my own business, Coltworks Inc., where i designed and installed Venetian plaster finishes in high-end environs for ten years, tackling massive projects for the likes of Rolex, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That early pursuit of technical excellence, paired with the rangy looseness developed in running large scale installations, eventually rotated into a study of Icon writing back in Vermont under Dmitry Andreyev. In 2016 i synthesized these influences and skills into a fulltime practice of making gallery art in my studio in Montpelier, using the go-to materials and techniques I once used on large scale jobs and the philosophical perspectives of Iconography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result of these percussive adventures in rare materials have produced an echoey and emotional body of work made in devotion to following an instinctual compass rose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My influences are JMW Turner, Jay Defeo, Anselm Keifer, Hilma af Klint, William Blake, & Sesshu Toyo and Ruth Asawa. And, also, I owe a great debt to my mentor David Wiggins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full-time studio founded 2016. Former member at the Front in Montpelier. Represented by FineLeaf.net, Main Street Gallery, Manasquan, NJ, and The Furchgott-Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne, Vermont. Solo show at J. Langdon in Montpelier, 2019. Included at the Kent Museum in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ARTIST CONTACT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(802) 595-2222
[click to email<\/a>]
SamColtArt.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IMAGES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Citadel<\/em> (detail from “City of David”)
(67″x48″; grassello, water-color, oils, mica, shellac, gold-leaf on Masonite; 2016)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Genesis<\/em>
(24″x32″; grassello, shellac, silver tint on Masonite; 2016)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bridge of Sighs<\/em> (detail from Magnum Mysterium<\/em>)
(detail: appox. 12″x12″; entire work: 48″x288″; grassello, rust, gouache, silver-leaf, oils & shellac on Masonite; 2019)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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George Washington Bridge (silver)<\/em>
(32″x24″; grassello, gouache, shellac, silver-leaf; 2019)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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