Samantha Keely Smith is American contemporary painter who mainly uses oil on canvas for her artworks. Her portraits are always dark, melancholy and mysterious. One can always guess beautiful faces behind the distorted, ugly and manipulated surface. Her mysterious, dreamlike landscapes painting style are fascinated by many. The harsh contrast between cathartic light and abyssal dark colors gives a lot of space for interpretation and provides an almost sacred reception.
Her abstract and ambivalent style and art actives are often featured along with Nir Hods (NY based Israel artist) or Roslynd Pigott (Melbourne based Australian artist) . They all are well reckoned with abstract mixed media.
Samantha Keely Smith was responsible for the artwork of the last two highly recommended Sunn O))) albums called „Life Metal“ and „Pyroclasts“.
One of SUNN O))) video clips, “Frost”, how music and painting are unites with to be presented in this footage is simple and remarkable : as if we are standing in front of Mother Nature of the wild waves or sky and clouds go by. Feeling ambivalent between surrendering in awe and standing on your feet to ride.
Pictures are referred by Samantha Keely Smith website. Find out further about the artist.
Writing contributions: JHN, Editor : Round Pattern Design
