{"id":5061,"date":"2013-03-27T01:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?p=5061"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:25:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:25:36","slug":"samuel-lowder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/27\/samuel-lowder\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist: Samuel Lowder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/habituated-samuellowder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5063\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/27\/samuel-lowder\/habituated-samuellowder\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/habituated-samuellowder.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,791\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"habituated-samuellowder\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/habituated-samuellowder-227x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/habituated-samuellowder.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5063\" alt=\"habituated-samuellowder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/habituated-samuellowder.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/habituated-samuellowder.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/habituated-samuellowder-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;m not particularly drawn to graffiti style paintings, but Samuel Lowder (aka FrePrs) has roped me in with his weathered texturing and complex layering. Oh, yeah and the contrast of muted tones with bright greens, pinks and teals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/shockandawe-samuellowder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5064\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/27\/samuel-lowder\/shockandawe-samuellowder\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/shockandawe-samuellowder.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,503\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"shockandawe-samuellowder\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/shockandawe-samuellowder-300x251.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/shockandawe-samuellowder.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5064\" alt=\"shockandawe-samuellowder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/shockandawe-samuellowder.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/shockandawe-samuellowder.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/shockandawe-samuellowder-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/voltige-samuellowder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5065\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/27\/samuel-lowder\/voltige-samuellowder\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/voltige-samuellowder.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"voltige-samuellowder\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/voltige-samuellowder-240x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/voltige-samuellowder.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5065\" alt=\"voltige-samuellowder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/voltige-samuellowder.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/voltige-samuellowder.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/voltige-samuellowder-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/welcomeandgoodnight-samuellowder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5066\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/27\/samuel-lowder\/welcomeandgoodnight-samuellowder\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/welcomeandgoodnight-samuellowder.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,798\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"welcomeandgoodnight-samuellowder\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/welcomeandgoodnight-samuellowder-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/welcomeandgoodnight-samuellowder.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5066\" alt=\"welcomeandgoodnight-samuellowder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/welcomeandgoodnight-samuellowder.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/welcomeandgoodnight-samuellowder.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/welcomeandgoodnight-samuellowder-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/camera5-samuellowder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5062\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/27\/samuel-lowder\/camera5-samuellowder\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/camera5-samuellowder.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,756\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"camera5-samuellowder\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/camera5-samuellowder-238x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/camera5-samuellowder.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5062\" alt=\"camera5-samuellowder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/camera5-samuellowder.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/camera5-samuellowder.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/camera5-samuellowder-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">VIA: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mkgallery.com\/samuellowderfreprs.html\" target=\"_blank\">Merry Karnowsky Gallery\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not particularly drawn to graffiti style paintings, but Samuel Lowder (aka FrePrs) has roped me in with his weathered texturing and complex layering. Oh, yeah and the contrast of muted tones with bright greens, pinks and teals.\u00a0 VIA: Merry Karnowsky Gallery\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16,70],"tags":[37,125,1868,850,851],"class_list":["post-5061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artist","category-painting","tag-art","tag-artist-2","tag-painting","tag-samuel-lowder","tag-spray-painting"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Btis-1jD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9743,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/23\/artist-david-samuel-stern\/","url_meta":{"origin":5061,"position":0},"title":"Artist: David Samuel Stern","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"June 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"In this series, Woven Portraits, photographer David Samuel Stern wove together two photographs of the same subject printed on a transparent vellum. The results are quite fascinating and a bit eerie. Facial features are lost or hidden in the distortion\u00a0forcing the viewer to fill in the gaps in order to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"art","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/category\/artist\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ZachMillerFrankel-DavidSamuelStern.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ZachMillerFrankel-DavidSamuelStern.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ZachMillerFrankel-DavidSamuelStern.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ZachMillerFrankel-DavidSamuelStern.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7425,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/09\/artist-tim-wirth\/","url_meta":{"origin":5061,"position":1},"title":"Artist: Tim Wirth","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"January 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Tim Wirth has really streamlined his artistic process. 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His use of pastels against vibrant hues is engaging and dream-like. Each painting feels like a lost page from a graphic novel in which the\u00a0story tells of\u00a0displaced\u00a0art and culture.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"art","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/category\/artist\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DennisCongdon5.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9753,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/25\/artist-lily-stockman\/","url_meta":{"origin":5061,"position":3},"title":"Artist: Lily Stockman","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"June 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I love, love, love these paintings from Lily Stockman. After receiving a degree from Harvard University in painting and botany, Lily spent 5 months in Mongolia at an apprenticeship studying Buddhist thanga painting. Now she splits her time between the Mojave Desert\u00a0and the Thar Desert in India, where she collaborates\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"art","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/category\/artist\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/LilyStockman5.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/LilyStockman5.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/LilyStockman5.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/LilyStockman5.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5395,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/25\/rachel-levit\/","url_meta":{"origin":5061,"position":4},"title":"Artist: Rachel Levit","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"April 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Rachel Levit is another artist recently featured on Buy Some Damn Art. 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Mixing solids with found imagery on top of swift brushstrokes of watery, opaque and metallic paint. \u00a0In these simple abstract paintings, Xochi creates competing layers bouncing between the 2nd and 3rd dimension.\u00a0 VIA: The Jealous Curator","rel":"","context":"In &quot;art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"art","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/category\/artist\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/takeheart_xochisolis.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/takeheart_xochisolis.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/takeheart_xochisolis.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5061"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14633,"href":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5061\/revisions\/14633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}