Sam Vicary is a painter based in west Wales and works with themes of memory, pattern, and moments of domestic intimacy using fragments of still life. Her paintings suggest windows, or a sense of being indoors and looking out. These often ‘quiet’ paintings are suspended moments, where time appears to have stopped and thoughts settle in.

Sam uses still life to create multiple view points. Pots and plates in the foreground take the viewer on a journey through the landscape to settle on a fragment that leads somewhere else. She balances still life objects on walls and rocky platforms and coaxes the viewer on a path into the landscape using textile motifs and patterns.