Sam cut his teeth drawing and painting from the figure and landscape painting, including a trip painting landscapes driving across the USA. He currently working on painting projects, producing music and an interdisciplinary approach to mathematics and studio art. He is based in Mexico city with his wife and 5 year old daughter and also works in France and California, USA. 

Sam received a BA from Hampshire College, an MFA from the University of Washington and studied at the New York Studio School in Italy and NYC. He also studied Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering at CUNY. He has a published book of drawings and a published engineering paper and has a record of solo and group art exhibitions nationally. He also has college level 
art and math teaching experience.

In 2005 when living in NYC Sam went to The Aztec Empire
Exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum. Since then
he has made various trips within Mexico where he has visited
the archeological sites of Monte Alban near the city of Oaxaca
and Teotihuacan near Mexico City. He currently gives tours in the Anthropological Museum and in the various archeological sites around Mexico City and is working on various research projects regarding Mexican Art.

Sam leverages his extensive knowledge of art including various scholarships, awards and travel grants including studying from Lascaux cave paintings in France, Etruscan Tomb art in Italy, Piero Della Francesca and Renaissance fresco painting in Italy, Incan culture at  Machu Picchu, Peru and year long copy projects in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. He has also worked in museums and galleries including the Museum of Modern Art installing and managing collections and exhibitions.