Beyond White: the artist Sam Feasey finds inspiration in Ibiza
After twenty years on the island, the British artist stages a solo show at the Club Diario de Ibiza.
Sam Feasey didn’t set out to become an artist. The self-taught musician had an instrument stall at Las Dalias market and painted as a hobby. It wasn’t until he decided to sell some paintings alongside his instruments that he realised his potential, ‘Ibiza has always been a place of freedom for me,’ says Feasey. ‘The island doesn’t expect you to conform in the way that you might have to in London, for example. There’s no pressure to join the rat race. So, if you’re a creative person – and I definitely am – there’s a freedom to be able to express that creativity as and when it comes.’
Working on vast, overpainted canvases with repetitive op-art motifs, Feasey’s style is unique, but his artistic direction was encouraged and significantly impacted by a close friend, the Archibald prize-winning Australian artist Craig Ruddy. Ruddy, who died aged 53 as a result of Covid complications, was based in the New South Wales northern rivers region. He won Australia's most celebrated portrait prize in 2004 for his painting of the Aboriginal actor David Gulpilil, entitled Two Worlds.
Sam Feasey’s solo exhibition, Beyond White, is currently on display at the Club Diario de Ibiza until July 18.
