Sam Owen Hull

Sam Owen Hull is a contemporary artist working in Manchester.

 

Her work is an intuitive response to her worldview and the increasing polarisation of society, examining the edges where opposing ideas meet. She uses the areas between surface and space, working at the intersection of painting and sculpture, fine art and craft. The speed of gestural painterly marks contrast with the slow precision of hand embroidery.

 

The construction of her work reflects the contradictions of our needs and desires from a macro to micro level - our incessant construction of borders and systems against a desire for freedom. Our contradictory relationship with nature. Presence and absence. Growth and decay.  She is particularly interested in the edges where the urban meets the natural. Shifting colour and light are brought into the surfaces she constructs by the use of matte, satin and metallic thread.