Isabel Samaras is a painter and chocoholic living in California whilst obsessing about everything from monsters and fairy tales to succulents and how to score more high grade chocolate. Her favorite color is orange. (You thought it was going to be Chocolate Brown, didn’t you?)
Where you can see some of her work:
Books:
Pop Surrealism: The Rise of Underground Art
Weirdo Deluxe: The Wild World of Pop Surrealism & Lowbrow Art
Vicious, Delicious & Ambitious: 20th Century Women Artists
Devil Babe’s Big Book of Postcards!
And brand spankin’ new from lovely Chronicle Books –
On Tender Hooks: The Art of Isabel Samaras
The accompanying post card book – On Tender Hooks: 30 Postcards
Aaaand the super deluxe Limited Edition!
Galleries that show her work include Roq La Rue, Jonathan LeVine, Varnish Fine Arts, Copra Nason Gallery, and The Shooting Gallery.
Common questions:
Do you watch a lot of TV?
Well, what’s “a lot”? I watched a fair amount when I was a kid, but I don’t think I watch as much now, who has the time? I’ll watch anything Joss Whedon puts out there (past treats included Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly). This probably makes me a geek. Right now I’m watching Weeds, Daily Show/Colbert Report, and Battlestar Galactica. People, if you are not watching BG, go get the 4 hour mini-series (2003) that started it all and check it out. You can thank me later.
How long does it take you do to a painting?
Kind of impossible to answer. I keep trying to keep track and log the hours and then I forget. The longest I think I’ve ever worked on something was 3 months, and the quickest I’ve ever painted something was one week — but I stayed up till about 3am all week, so it’s kinda unclear if that was really “quick” at all. And it was a teensy tiny painting, about 5 x 7 inches.
Feel free to email other questions: isamaras@mac.com and I’ll get to ‘em when I can.
6 responses so far ↓
bibomedia // February 29, 2008 at 9:37 am |
cathy mejia // April 11, 2008 at 11:49 pm |
I think your work is wonderful and it brings me back to the days of being a latch key kid and having the same friends ( via t.v.) thanks, Isabel. Kepp up the work!
zombelina // April 12, 2008 at 5:04 am |
Thanks! (I watched a lot of TV when I was a kid too — maybe that’s obvious. )
Todd Alcott // July 9, 2008 at 8:37 pm |
Jim Torok jots down the dates and number of hours spent in each session on the back of each of his paintings. I’m not sure if he’s trying to keep track of the time spent on each piece or simply trying to justify his efforts to clients.
zombelina // July 9, 2008 at 8:41 pm |
Marcos thinks I should hang a little notebook off my easel to jot my hours down, but I want an old fashioned punch-clock with time cards!
Michael Wertz // August 17, 2008 at 3:13 am |
i remember taking this photo!