Sam Shaker

FROM PARIS TO SOHO - MY BIOGRAPHY
I started my career as an artist after obtaining my degree in Fine Art from Leonardo da Vinci academy of art. My dream was to work in Paris, on arrival I made my way to the French Metropolis of art.
I started work in Montmartre as a street artist, body and face painter. Montmartre famous for its bohemian life style and its wonderful sights: Sacre Coeur, Place Due Tertre, has been the home of street artists for hundreds of years, they gather from all over the world to showcase their art, find model's and live the freedom that is the lifestyle of the freelance artist. Famous painters, such as Van Gogh, Picasso, Henri Matisse 'the master of colour' Joan Miro and Toulouse Lautrec the painter whose work captured the spirit of bohemian Paris in the naughty 1890's spent their time there.
I was greatly inspired by the works and bohemian life style of Toulouse Lautrec & Picasso so I choose to follow their footsteps in the hope that one day I would paint celebrities and models and make my mark in the art business. I saw my drawings, body painting and face painting as a useful...

I specialize in oil portraits I also do nudes & erotics all my work can be viewed on www.artbysamshaker.co.uk ,