My practice challenges the viewer’s perspective on nature.

We have the unique ability to imagine the environment through any lens of our choosing. I work to one where we are animals; an entangled, immersive view that puts us on an equal footing with all other species and flits through time to visualise where we are now and ask how we may move forward.

I  draw heavily on my background in both zoology and fashion design to inform the materiality and research behind each work. I am a technical painter pushing the boundaries of the media and instinctively exploring the surface of the canvas as one would explore a new habitat. I predominantly use man-made materials to emulate organic surfaces, linking our current impact on the world to ecosystems in flux that aren’t confined within a conventional perspective or linear anthropocentric timeline.

At the root of my work is an interconnectedness and a desire to remove the divides we tell ourselves exist between us and nature.

b. 1982. Live and work in East London

For all enquiries and a list of available works please contact:

Email: sam@samparsons.com

Instagram: @samuel.parsons