Artist Sam Chirnside’s psychedelic art is mesmerising mix of colour and composition

Posted in Art
By Sam Bathe on 24 Mar 2015

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Working between New York City and Melbourne, Australia, artist Sam Chirnside uses vibrant oil paints to create beautiful and mesmeric compositions. With a vivid palette, the paint is spread unevenly across the page, with splatters of intense colour bursting through.

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Check out more of Sam work on his site: www.samchirnside.com

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