Sam Hewitt studied Visual and Performing Arts at Brighton University and Fine Art foundation at Stourbridge College. Prior to that, a Rudolph Steiner primary education and evening classes in figure drawing from former Goldsmiths lecturer Sam Rabin, have shaped his approach to colour and the human form.

Modern life in Brighton is the inspiration for many of Sam’s paintings. Generally figurative, they are a simple discussion about colour, light and form. Leading the viewer into uncertain places where it takes a while for ones eyes to find their truth; on a late afternoon journey around town, through smoky rooms at parties, past the abstracted shapes of buildings, between clusters of people on stairs and in streets where their distorted shadows combine.

 "In painting street scenes I want to explore the nature of light and the beauty and purpose of the things and people it collides with. I find that sits well in opposition to a feeling of isolation or disconnection that can become habitual as we move around towns." 

Sam's work goes through a constant cycle of stylistic moods and colours. The human form has become central to his work and the way crowds distribute themselves naturally has come to dictate much of the process of composition. Light is the main subject, however, the way it moves around us and affects our states of mind.