Leyendecker, Norman Rockwell, Gil Elvgren, Norman Saunders and others, Sam Kaprielov produces a unique and strangely compelling universe, a silent symphony of mysterious exchanges. He draws with soft pastel on a gessoed board, then uses his fingers to shade in the drama. Coupled with his sense of light, it makes way for his imagination to run riot creating imaginary and emotionally charged scenes, dramatic escapades, filled with disparate images of desolation and beauty.--Charlotte Pimpernel