New guest artwork at the brewery - Sam Foley
Lovelock III
Oil on canvas
$4,500.00
Born in Wellington but raised in Dunedin, Sam Foley graduated from the Otago Polytechnic School of Art in 1998 and has been working full time as an artist since. He has held exhibitions throughout Australasia and won numerous awards, including most recently The Peoples Choice Award at the 17th Annual Wallace Art Awards. His works are held in many public and private collections. He also is co-owner of the NZ design store, Whiteroom, found in Moray Place, Dunedin.
When asked how he came to be an artist he has this to say, “Basically it stemmed from an interest I pursued at High School which I followed right through on to Art School. I just kept on going with it really. I didn’t want to do anything else so it was purely natural progression”.
In response to where Foley draws his inspiration. “I find I am drawn to painting forest/native landscapes and to the random patterns in nature and the freedom with which one can take when depicting rhythm within the chaos. I have also been looking at the urban landscape as subject now for a number of years and experimenting with a mixed media approach, combining painting and projection”.
Sam Foley manages, works and lives in an artist run studio complex, the Dowling St Studios, in Dunedin Central. He is currently planning a 6 month move to Berlin in 2012 where he will continue to develop his practice as an artist.
