August 31st, 2010
Ryan Anderson, MD of Olympia Washington USA, turns his eye to a local Northwestern artist by adding to his collection of six Sam Roloff paintings.
Dr. Anderson and his wife Maria have collected paintings for many years during there travels. Their first Roloff, a water color titled “Mushroom Farm” was acquired in 1986. The Anderson’s appreciate how Sam has evolved over the decades especially in regards to his landscape work.
Roloff’s current choice of mediums such as heavy wax and multiple layers of oil have really drawn attention to their collection. They are also intrigued with the Back-Story Underpainting genre of which Roloff is a pioneer. Visitors to the Anderson home are universally enthusiastic about Roloff’s robust and quirky style.
Lately, Dr. Anderson has become enamored with Roloff’s female portraits. “It’s the blazoned eyes that really get me” confesses Dr. Anderson who feels that his everyday life is really affected by the paintings. “I almost feel guilty looking at them” states Dr. Anderson, but then adds with a smile, “my wife gave me permission to stare”.
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August 25th, 2010
Started work late last night on a new self portrait. More to come.
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August 25th, 2010
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August 16th, 2010
Title: 140 Days – AKA North Korea in 2009 Euna Lee and Laura Ling
Medium: Oil on Linen
Size: 4’ x 6’ feet or 72 x 48 inches
Description: The back-story was started the day Euna Lee and Laura Ling were captured by the North Koreans. The Korean words written are as follows; To the left is the name “Euna Lee”, in the center is “Free Now!” and the right is “Laura Ling”. In the under painting there are portraits of both women as if taken from the banners that many South Koreans were holding while in protest of their capture. To see all the back-story Under Paintings make sure to login.
Other Artist – Henry Roloff age 9
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August 5th, 2010
This portrait is still in progress but it is getting close. I will keep you posted.
August 2nd, 2010
“Forced Exquisite Corpse” another term for a collage piece done by many different artist, but without their consent. I just added the word “forced” in front to imply that when doing collage you are not allowing the artist to choose but rather force his hand by using reproductions of the artist own work.
“Exquisite Copse is a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled. Each collaborator adds to a composition in sequence, either by following a rule (e.g. “The adjective noun adverb verb the adjective noun”) or by being allowed to see the end of what the previous person contributed.”
- www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exquisite_corpse
This detail of the collage below is a classic example of “Forced Exquisite Corpse”. The images were found in ARTnews magazines instead of being offered up by the artist.
Forced Exquisite Corpse Collage by Sam Roloff Artist Portland Oregon 201
July 29th, 2010
Title: 8 Days after the Artist’s Birthday
Medium: Oil on canvas with Collage
Sources: ARTnews 2004
Size: 30 x 40 inches
ID: #SGR3000
Price: Contact Artist
Description: This painting started off as a moody landscape, eight days after the artist birthday in January. It hung on the studio wall till July 20th 2010. At which point the artist felt that it needed something, so collage came to the rescue. The best way to view this piece is to get up close and then read it from left to right, starting in the top left corner.
The collage was limited to a source of only three magazines from ARTnews from 2004.
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July 16th, 2010
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July 16th, 2010
This painting is currently for sale if you would like to make an offer just let me know.
Title: Clouds and the Sea
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 2010
Size: 12 x 24 inches
Price: Contact Artist
Here are more photos of the painting from different views.
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