Sean Samoheyl was born in Houston Texas to hard working
parents with a hard work ethic. At age 11 is family moved to
Colorado when his father found work with a union newspaper.
Sean briefly attended community college in Denver while
working as a busboy. When he could no longer afford to pay
his own way, he took what little money he had saved and some
money made from painting portraits of people's pets and went
to France to stay with a pen pal and teach himself French.
Afterward, he went to Chicago to try to make it as an artist
in the galleries in the big city. Feeling out of place, he
gave up art completely for drink. Sean tended bar and became
an alcoholic. Then, six years ago, he found recovery and
devoted his life to service and simplicity. He now lives and
works on a farm in Virginia growing food and teaching kids
bike mechanics. Sean has also painted portraits of the
people in the farming community he lives in. He works in as
many disciplines as he can find from welding, basketry,
knitting and spinning, to making and carving soap, sewing,
stone carving and woodcarving. His woodcarvings are cedar,
poplar, walnut, and cherry from the 250 or so acres of
forest around the farm. Mostly, these are painted in oil and
sometimes kept in their raw state and sanded smooth, or
wrapped in hand spun yarn as "mummy dolls". Sean's main goal
in life is to never stop creating, no matter what, and
cultivate humility.
Yarn Figure poplar wood, commercial yarn and wool yarn that Sean spun
himself 7" tall $95 Bicycle wire 6 x 3 $20 Marble Man poplar wood and antique marbles 6" tall $95 SOLD Shaker Chair paint on wood 8 x 11 $50 Yarn Unicorn poplar wood and hand spun yarn that Sean spun himself 10" tall $100 Devil and Woman paint on wood 11 x 7 $65 SOLD Blue Man paint on wood 6 x 8 $65 SOLD Man with Mustache paint on wood 6 x 6 $65 SOLD Man's Head on Stick carved wood 4" head, total height with stick 15" $65 SOLD Picasso carved wood 8" tall $60 7 Sweaters a Shirt and Some Pants mixed media and carved wood in box 14 x 19 $300 click for ordering and
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