Sam England
Sam England - Flood
Sam England was born in Greenville, Texas in 1988. He has earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from Texas A&M-Commerce and has continued to be very active in the North Texas art community. He has also served as president of the Texas A&M University-Commerce Art Club and Co-Director of Crash Collective. Sam has participated in numerous exhibitions and as part of collaboratives, and was recently a visiting artist at CentralTrak, UTD's Artist Residency Program.
...ON HIS ART PRACTICE:
"The forest by the house I grew up in facilitated the gestation of ideas that would later lead to my artwork. My early connection with nature and my appreciation and fear of it were the triggers for my adolescent interest in the mystical relationship of myself with art. I began traveling and seeking knowledge geographically, which caused me to lose interest in art only as a career, but a lifestyle and a direct communicator of my ideas. My goal is twofold: to merge the technical ability of my craft with my ideas, and to encourage others through artistic cooperation and collaboration.
I am now involved primarily in the development of Wildflower Ecovillage in Campbell Texas. We are building a fully sustainable and self sufficient community dedicated to the regeneration of soil, plants, and souls. My purpose for making art has always been to understand nature and this lifelong project is an aesthetic collaboration directly with nature."
...ON HIS ART PRACTICE:
"The forest by the house I grew up in facilitated the gestation of ideas that would later lead to my artwork. My early connection with nature and my appreciation and fear of it were the triggers for my adolescent interest in the mystical relationship of myself with art. I began traveling and seeking knowledge geographically, which caused me to lose interest in art only as a career, but a lifestyle and a direct communicator of my ideas. My goal is twofold: to merge the technical ability of my craft with my ideas, and to encourage others through artistic cooperation and collaboration.
I am now involved primarily in the development of Wildflower Ecovillage in Campbell Texas. We are building a fully sustainable and self sufficient community dedicated to the regeneration of soil, plants, and souls. My purpose for making art has always been to understand nature and this lifelong project is an aesthetic collaboration directly with nature."
