To Enter The ForestFrom the Artist I've learned to 'get rid of rules' which is the best form of creation. Excerpted from Sam Gilliam: Of Fireflies and Ferris Wheels. Monastery Parallel, Art Museum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, 1996 97. Sam Gilliam worked in many mediums, including sculpture, painting, and printmaking. He is best known for his Drape paintings, which have been exhibited globally for decades. Gilliams Abstract Expressionist prints explore mark making,

For most of his life

He began focusing on clowns and related subjects after visiting the circus with his daughter Apu in 1978

The scale and power of the lightning are emphasized through the thin strip of horizon line on the bottom of the print

then at some point it will go away in favor of a new image

Referenced also is the interaction with contemporary culture and the traditions of modern painting

After some research

Working with master printer Alexis Nutini for PrintLab

My work is the opposite of organic

including sculpture

they bring rest to my fragmented soul

the works produced at Brandywine provided an opportunity to utilize the offset lithography process for the first time

[my] recent [as of 2019] paintings