sammack1126Nov 10, 2019SCAD Open Studio 2019On October 25th, the doors of Alexander Hall were finally opened to the general public for a wonderful evening of art and exchange. After...
sammack1126Nov 10, 2019Studio Playlist: 23 SongsAs I've been using this blog to catalog my references and inspirations (an annotated gallery of selected images can be viewed here), I th...
sammack1126Nov 9, 2019Annotated Gallery: 25 Images The selected annotated images below help to situate my current practice both visually and conceptually. Many are accompanied by relevant ...
sammack1126Nov 8, 2019Ashes to Ashes: Graduate Drawing Studio Work"I am enamored with the hauntingly beautiful spirit of Savannah; history is tangible here. The cemetery in particular is a place where vi...
sammack1126Oct 12, 2019Inspirations from SCAD Museum of Art"Black-colored clothing throughout history has come to symbolize everything from wealth, to bereavement, to teenage angst...In this insta...
sammack1126Oct 11, 2019Ashes to Ashes: A Sunday in the Cemetery “I am enamored with the hauntingly beautiful spirit of Savannah; history is tangible here. The cemetery in particular is a place where th...
sammack1126Oct 11, 2019Re-Image/Re-Imagine: Artist CollaborationsLast week, my fellow graduate students and I were invited to bring in five “failed” drawings and exchange them with our peers. The challe...
sammack1126Oct 11, 2019Jim McKenzie: Friends with DeathTwo days ago, this short film appeared in my YouTube feed, and I have been thinking about it ever since. Jim McKenzie is an artist and di...
sammack1126Oct 7, 2019Pops of Color and Shades of Gray: Color Theory with Chin-Cheng HungThis past weekend, I had the privilege of studying pastel portraiture under Professor Chin-Cheng Hung, a pastel life drawing master. Hung...
sammack1126Sep 25, 2019Optimizing Optics: The Writings of James ElkinsThere are infinite worlds to be seen, and infinite eyes to see and be seen by. This is one of the messages I gleaned from the writings of...