Sammy Arthur
Gallery
John Cocke
"I graduated from the Boston Museum School with distinction in 1969 and from Tufts University with my BFA in 1972. I have been a portrait painter for the last fifteen to twenty years. From the time I left school until twenty years ago, I painted large abstract canvases. These were of no interest to anyone except other artists and critics, so I turned to figurative painting and thereby reaching all people. I went back to my roots in objective painting and thereby reaching all people I went back to my roots in objective painting. Studying again; perspective anatomy and figurative painting -- all from classic painting. I paint and draw in oil, conte crayon and pencil almost exclusively."
