Woman in Pink
This painting was used in the Portland Open Studios calendar.
Title: Woman in Pink
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 3 x 5 feet
Owner: Lynette Feder, Ph.D
West TV Auction 2009
This painting was auctioned off at my kids school West T.V.
Title: West TV Auction 2009
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 48″ x 24″
Price: Sold
Flotoma Winter – Heather Howitt
This painting belongs to the Landscape Series. It was painted just days before Valentines Day, notice the sky is in the shape of a heart. This was not intentional but was rather pointed out after the painting was done. It is now in the collection of Heather Howitt.
Title: Landscape Series – Flotoma Winter
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 48 x 24 inches
Owner: Heather Howitt
This Space Left Intentionally Blank – redue
This painting was also commissioned by Murat Aksu it was based on an earlier work that I did while in Prague.
Title: This Space Left Intentionally Blank
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 4 x 4 feet
Owner: Murat Aksu
First Landscape – untitled 01
This is my first painting in this landscape series. It was soon sold and is now in the private collection of Merri and Gary Holt.
Spring Release: Spring in Portland with Ant DNA
Title: Spring Release: Spring in Portland with Ant DNA
Size: 48 x 36 inches
Date: 2009
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Sold: Private Collection of Dr. Ryan and Maria Anderson
Sam Roloff’s “Springtime in Portland with Ant DNA” is a brilliant expression within a new genre of art called “Back-story Underpainting”.
The idea originated in Sam Roloff’s studio as he began layering multiple paintings sequentially on a single canvas. Hidden, within each finished work of art, is a multilayered collection of paintings.
Each under-work as well as the outer surface has an associated tale or back-story represented by the artist in written word and digital photography. The underpaintings are often edgy, controversial, and even shocking. These secretive expressions of the artist are then hidden one by one and finally sealed with a gorgeous surface-work.
The final product in “Springtime in Portland with Ant DNA” is a frothy, whipped up cross-section of spring essence. Teeming with particles and sweeping elements, the image sprays and churns in a lively textured rubbing of life. It contains the ethereal elements of air, water, earth, and fire and captures not only real flying ants, but Spring fever itself!
The back-story includes a winter’s tale, the occurrence and mending of trauma to the canvas, ant specimens under glaze, and Sam Roloff’s personal documentation of his stepwise process in the studio. Fascinating.
H1N1 Swine Flu
Title: H1N1 Swine Flu
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 48 x 36 inches
Date: August 23rd 2009
Private Collection of Matt Roloff of Little People, Big World
AC 360
Medium: Oil on Canvas
This painting was first inspired by a new app for my blackberry, TwitterBerry.
I sent out a post to Twitter asking for an idea for a painting and said that I would take the next Tweet no matter what it is.
This week in the news was full of interesting stories so I figured I would have some sweet pickings for ideas.
But the truth was that I got a tweet from Anderson Cooper of CNN and it was “About our Show http://tinyurl.com/008bqf“.
It used to be Red on Red…
Title: It Used to be Red on Red…
Owner: Private Collection of Dr. Ryan and Maria Anderson
Medium: Oil on Hand Stetched Canvas with Gamblin Cold Wax Medium
Size: 48 x 30 inches
Date: April 2009
The Orb
Private Collection of Portland Blazers NBA Basketball Star Martell Webster
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 48 x 36 inches
Sold: August 23rd 2009
Air France Flight #447
Sold: Private Collection of Dr. Robin Barrett
Other Artist – Max Roloff
Medium: Oil on Linen
Size: 4’ x 6’
Date: 2009
See the Back-Story Underpainting Book.
Sassy Vs. Chivalry
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 49 1/2” x 24”
Date: 1997 – 2009
Owned by Jeremy Roloff of Little People, Big World
This painting deals with the courtship rituals, where the woman in the center of the painting is being courted by two different young men. The young man to the left is on a Vespa Scooter sticking his tongue out, not at the young woman but at the viewer. To the far right is the older more classic approach of a Medieval Horse Rider Jousting for the victory of the woman. The woman in the center has yet to make up her mind in fact she seems preoccupied with the feeding of her pet dragon.
The painting was given as a gift to Jeremy Roloff and the meaning of it was explained on the tv show “Little People, Big World” on TLC.
Nobody Prays, because there is nobody there.
size: 24 x 30 inches
date: September 2009
Free Fall
This painting was donated to The Amy Roloff Charity Foundation. It is now in the private collection of Wendy MacGregor.
medium: Oil on Canvas
size: 48 x 36 inches
date: 2009
Spanish Woman
Dr. Ryan Anderson’s Color Burst
Up – AKA Max Crabbe’s Dancing Bunnies and Balloon
Medium: Oil on CanvasSize: 24 x 36 inchesPrice: In the private collection of Micia Bonta of Portland OregonDate: November 2009
Fear of the Circus
The Swan and The Goat – A Love Story
I was approached by The Olanders to paint a painting that would have their “Back-Story” within the layers of the piece. The original commission was for one large 6 x 4 foot painting, so I decided to do two paintings so that they could then choose which one they liked better. The one shown is the second of the two.
The stretcher bars were crafted by hand from a master wood builder, Erik Sorensen. The material that was stretched over the wood was bed sheet linen because of its fine quality and approximant size to an actual bed, keeping consistent with the “Love Story” theme. From here on the canvas would be seen as a bed as well as a blank canvas.
This one was less literal than the first one. This one started with cans of enamel paint from “Miller Paint” the paint was then dripped on with a brush in the same fashion as Jackson Pollack. Later I added the words “Nike” because the husband of the client works for Nike and I knew this is a large part of their life.
The swan represents the natural beauty of women while the goat symbolizes man and his rough exterior. The two together, share a timeless love story much like The Beauty and the Beast. The date 1967 which is the birth year of the clients and the artist is also the summer of love, so the date fits perfectly within the theme.
Congrats Shiloh Metcalf on the purchase of the new painting.
Local Portland Oregon art collector Shiloh Metcalf, hangs a new painting by Sam Roloff on the walls of her home. The painting was inspired by the recent news of Google and China, So the piece was titled “Google vs. China 2010″.
Tracy holding the Marilyn Monroe painting
“The Marilyn Monroe picture looks as if Sam was sitting across from her while creating this masterpiece. The light yellow background appears as if Marilyn herself is lying on her yellow, silk sheets while posing for Sam. The first thing people say when they see this is “Wow!” They can’t take their eyes from it.”
Tracy
Nancy Crabbe Hur stands by her new painting.
Nancy Crabbe Hur is a great patron of the arts and Sam Roloff is thrilled that she and her husband Mike are hanging one of his finest paintings in their home.
Sam’s art has added warmth to our rooms. We got to add our input so bringing the commissioned piece home completed the design of our living room!
Nancy Crabbe Hur
Little People, Big World star Matt Roloff
Local Portland Oregon reality T.V. star Matt Roloff of TLC’s ”Little People, Big World”. Standing next to his recent purchase of his brother’s painting. This piece was bought at an auction fundraiser for the Rosemary Anderson High School in Portland Oregon.
Dr. Britt Anderson buys two Sam Roloff Originals
Portland Oregon art patron Dr. Britt Anderson stands next to her two recently purchased paintings by artist Sam Roloff.
“We have purchased two of Sam Roloff’s pieces and are routinely struck by people’s interest and positive reactions to his work.
He uses texture and layering to tell a unique story with each piece. It is compelling and heartfelt; a true pleasure to have in our home.”
Britt K. Anderson, Ph.D.
