Samuel McGann

Samuel moved to the City to study Fine Art at the University of Chichester. He stayed in the area and works as an art instructor for adults with learning disabilities. He returned to the University where he once again took up painting and completed his Master’s degree.
Samuel describes himself as a mixed media artist working in acrylic paint, acrylic ink, oil paint, oil stick and charcoal on his work.
Samuel struggles with the idea of being a painter but rather an artist who draws with paint and other materials.
He represents the human form in his work but toys with scale and proportions, he never looks for a true or perfect figure. “People are not perfect so why depict them as perfect”. He is concerned with capturing emotion or feeling. The work speaks strongly of his direct engagement with sociable and uninhibited environments.