ABOUT THE ARTIST

Samuel Walter received a B.A. in music at Haverford College, and a M.M. and M.M.A. from the Yale School of Music. While completing his graduate and undergraduate degrees, he established himself as a commissioned portrait painter. His work is collected by individuals and institutions including presidents, professors and administration at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Swarthmore College, Haverford College, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University. Samuel's work has been featured in the International Artist Magazine, Southwest Art Magazine, The American Art Collector Magazine and Art of the Portrait Magazine. He was a finalist in the 2023 International Almenara Art Prize, an award winner in the Portrait Society of America’s 2022 International Portrait Prize and received 2nd place in Portrait Society of 2021 America's Future Generation award.

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In painting portraits, Samuel tries to capture the personality of the subjects through choices in texture, color, lighting and level of detail. In some of my portraits he creates dark, smooth and subtle backgrounds with layers of glazes. In others he creates bold impasto textures, layering contrasting colors with the palette knife. It is remarkable how faithfully rendered realism, with slight alterations, can accurately capture an individual's personality and state of mind.

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Through his still lifes, Samuel works with colors and lighting to create a particular mood, or atmosphere. Some of the paintings capture the mood of a season, while others portray feelings from a particular time of day.