 Sold Out! DIY Acrylic Mediums & Texture
Lifelong Learning The University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT  Press Feature!
Read the Article "Samantha da Silva: Becoming Fearless" by Danielle Vigueria Western Home Journal SUMMER | FALL 2021 PARK CITY This is the realization of a longstanding dream for me. I dedicate this accomplishment to my father, who passed away unexpectedly almost one year ago on June 25, 2020. My mother may have taught me how to draw and paint, but it was my father who taught me how to dream and imagine.  One of my signature looks is creating paintings that look aged, weathered by the elements, and "distressed". Introducing one of these works into a modern interior - ripe with polished concrete and stainless steel, fills me with excitement. I delight in the juxtaposition.
One of the ways I achieve this effect is make my own rust solution. The color of the rust solution is similar to the reddish-brown color Sepia. Make your own rust solutions using this simple recipe:  Coco Channel said: "Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take something off." I take a similar approach to the way I choose my color palette: "Before you begin painting, take a color off." Less is more. Simplicity is elegance.
 We should all be so lucky to "work from home." If home is where the heart is, then by its simplest definition, home is where we are. To me, "working from home" means "working from the heart". This is by far the BEST way I know of to create paintings. It fascinates me that on a global scale, we've all been forced to "work from home''. Perhaps we can all use what we've experienced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic to recalibrate our compasses and live a more heart-led existence.
 Sold Out! 2-day Distressed Mixed Media Workshop
Kimball Art Center Park City, Utah It gets messy before it gets good! Incorporating collage, newspapers & paint scrapers to create simulated marks of age & wear. |
