Leaving Capponi — Samantha Wilson

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Leaving Capponi (2024) oil on canvas, 150 x 150cm.

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This delicious sunbeam in my apartment (a rarity in Glasgow) warmed my face and lit up one of my next canvas grounds this afternoon.
This ground was packed up almost to the day one year ago in Watlington, the sleepy Oxfordshire town we lived in betwe

What is art school really like? The first year, the studios, the freedom… and the things no one tells you. I’ve studied in UK art schools multiple times and experienced the North American system too. This week’s Slow Burn takes a b

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So I’m reaching out, maybe a little prematurely, to share a new research-based art

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Sketchbooks half-filled. Ideas scribbled down and left behind. Projects starte

Two months on in Glasgow and in line with my Slow Burn project, the transition feels slow.

Yet there is a gentle and welcome reminder from old friends and familiar faces here to hang on while things settle down.

We've postponed the studio opening

Rethinking Creative Living for Changing Times

Over the past year, I’ve found myself returning to the question of what it means to live a successful creative life in a time like this.

At best, the question emerges in the early hours of the mor

Aren’t you going to Paint Something Pretty?

What’s the balance in making art that holds both contextual weight and aesthetic beauty?

In the spirit of the *Slow Burn* project, this post steps out of chronological order as I felt moved to

Quay Arts group exhibition SOFT is still open until the 4th October 2025!

The show explores the theme of SOFT, with a diverse collection of works across painting, sculpture and installation. The exhibition touches upon the idea of softness through t

This is the beginning of a long-form series I’ve been working on for a while now — called Slow Burn.

It’s a blog for artists, and for anyone who believes (or is learning to believe) that meaningful work takes time.

Slow Burn is an

Thrilled to announce that today SOFT opens at Quay Arts at the West Gallery 9 Aug - 4 Oct 2025.

Quay Arts, Sea Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5BD 🎉🎉🎉

A Collective Dream detail (2022)

Oil on canvas.

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Detail of A Collective Dream (2022).

Oil on canvas.

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Details from a Collective Public.

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Huddle Together (2024) oil on canvas, 86cm x 86cm.

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A Celebrity, a Refugee, a Child of War and an Affluent Teenager (2024) oil on canvas, 101cm x 101cm.

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Soft colours and layers emerging.

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Studio spaces...those essential sanctuaries of almost all artists...whether a corner in your bedroom or a glorious converted loft. I've had so many different kinds of studios over the years. Pretty soon, I will need to wrap up studios again to find a

Can I just take an honest minute to say how slooooow art making is. And how hard it can be to post new social content all the time around working a full time job and just getting life done?
This piece takes two hours of my time every morning before

A collection of newly pixelated hands.

Details of 'Supper Time', oil on canvas, 173cm x 96.5cm (2025).

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