2022

Come Find me from February 23rd through August 12th in the hallways on the Norick Art Center at Oklahoma City University. I will be displaying my series, Domestic Inquiries and doing a little artist chat on March 3rd at 6pm!

2021

Evolving in Solitude: a solo show

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SAM CHARBONEAU

Evolving in Solitude in Gallery One by PACC Artist in Residence Sam Charboneau is a narrative photographic series that explores the life, death and a rebirth or call to action sounded by the dumpster fire known as 2020. Charboneau’s exhibit will feature an interactive installation in the back gallery of handmade human-sized flowers and shells for visitors to take photos with. The series consists of five triptychs, each with an elemental theme sharing an intimate glimpse into a metamorphic change undergone from the quiet comforts of home. Beginning each triptych with the innocent and curious pupa stage, quickly moves into the growing contraction of the chrysalis. Ending each trio is the welcomed expanse, the spreading of the wings, the realization and acceptance to what is.

OVAC’s 12×12

Traditionally, the 12×12 Art Fundraiser fuses 175 of Oklahoma’s finest artists with local restaurants and live music to create a memorable one-night-only event.

For 12×12, each artist must create a work that conforms to the dimensions of twelve-by-twelve inches. Bids for each piece begin at $200. Collectors who fear losing a piece of art in the auction may “Buy It Now” to trump the auction. Attendees may also bid on silent auction packages to win prizes from local businesses!

DNA Galleries Stocking show and Paseo’s 4×4

For a bit of holiday cheer, I participated in two separate local shows. DNA’s stocking show allows customers to purchase a stocking from the gallery wall and take it home same day! Paseo’s 4×4 is always a fun event being a silent auction. Needing a break from editing software, I painted my signature bee friend upon some blank canvas.

2020

Artist in Resident for Paseo Arts & Creativity Center

The Paseo Arts Association (PAA) is pleased to announce Sam Charboneau as its first artist in residence in the organization’s new Paseo Arts and Creativity Center (PACC). Charboneau, a photographer, will create a new body of work in her PACC studio for one year.

In May, the PAA made the move from their previous home at 3022 Paseo next door to 3024 Paseo. With quadruple the square footage, they now have the space to provide the resources and programs to artists that there was great need for in the historic arts district. Two galleries and a curated gift shop make up the front of the building, but the real magic will happen in the back half of the building that is dedicated to ten low cost artist studios and a photography studio. The new PACC Artist in Residence program offers an artist a free studio space for one year. Details about the application process for 2021 will be released in the fall.

Sweet Oklahoman Interview

Check out this interview by Brandy McDonnell with the Oklahoman. She asked me all sorts of great questions about my work during my artist residency at the Paseo.

A Surrealism Photography Show

Thursday July 9th – Sunday August 2nd at DNA Galleries located at 1709 NW 16th OKC. With Amy Truman, Geovanny De Leon and Lauren Midgley.

Oklahoma Contemporary #ArtistSpotlight

Check out this extremely flattering article written by the talented Jezy Gray. Somehow he manage to turn my incoherent ramblings into something wonderful. Thank you Jezy. Much appreciated.

Oklahoma Contemporary

Shadow on the Glare, a reference from Plainview: I, a poem by Oklahoma Centennial State Poet Laureate N. Scott Momaday. Shadow on the Glare will feature photo and video works that critically respond to Bright Golden Haze’s themes of light and place — in this case, focusing particularly on the landscapes of Oklahoma. In conjunction with the inaugural exhibition in the main gallery, Shadow on the Glare showcases the resonance between our local artists and their globally recognized peers.

Don’t Look behind you, 2016, Franz: An Imitation, 2017, and The Momma, 2016 are displayed in the, Shadow on the Glare show from March through September.

Luminosity

To be strong does not mean to sprout muscles and flex. It means meeting one’s own luminosity without fleeing, actively living with the wild nature in one’s own way. It means to be able to learn, to be able to stand what we know. It means to stand and live.

— Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

An exhibition featuring six female Oklahoma artists, “Luminosity,” will open in the Paseo Art Space on First Friday. Visitors to the gallery during this Women’s History Month will find the walls filled with surreal photography by Sam Charboneau, watercolor and ink by Caroline Cohenour, collage and paintings by Madeleine Schmidt, abstract paintings by Kendall Schulz, prints mounted on wood by Virginia Sitzes and oil paintings on fabric by Twyleen Tepe. Strange and surreal scenes from Charboneau and Tepe will draw you in to examine the details of their elegant and haunting works.

PAA Members Show

Through this exhibition, the PAA strives to highlight the diversity and talent in the work of our supportive member artists. Leave it to juror George Oswalt to curate such an eccentric exhibit out of the more than 275 pieces entered into the juried PAA Members’ Show. The works created by 60 of our members will spark curiosity and conversation. Join us during First Friday at 7pm for a special announcement from the PAA and award presentation by George Oswalt.

Criss Cross, 2019 was selected for display at this show.

OVAC’S 12×12

Traditionally, the 12×12 Art Fundraiser fuses 175 of Oklahoma’s finest artists with local restaurants and live music to create a memorable one-night-only event.

Photofest

”PhotoFest on Paseo is a juried photography exhibition that takes place each September and is open to all types of photography-based artwork, including traditional and digital processes and mixed media work that features photography.
Through this exhibition, the Paseo Arts Association strives to represent and spotlight the depth and diversity of contemporary Oklahoma photography. The exhibit will be featured in the Paseo Art Space during the month of September.”

This year’s Photofest juror is Doug Hoke, who has been a photojournalist for The Oklahoman and other editorial publications for over 40 years.

Bee Dream quarantine edition won an honorable mention.

Paseo 4×4 Auction & Art Show

The 4×4 Art Show & Auction is an annual fundraising event benefiting the Paseo Arts Association that encourages new art collectors to begin collecting local art! Proceeds from art sales will support the PAA’s year-round mission of enriching, educating and inspiring the public through the arts.

Bids will begin at $25 or can be purchased for a “Buy It Now” price of $75. The auction will begin at 6pm and will end at 8pm

2019

OVAC 12×12

Do some good on September 20th at the annual 12×12 fundraiser hosted by the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition at 50 Penn place, 1900 NW Express Way, okc.

The 12×12 fuses 175 of Oklahoma’s finest artists with local restaurants and live music to create a memorable one-night-only event.

For 12×12, each artist must create a work that conforms to the dimensions of twelve-by-twelve inches. The artwork is sold in a surprising silent and blind auction, meaning bidders will not know what others have bid. Bids for each piece begin at $175. Collectors who fear losing a piece of art in the auction may “Buy It Now” to trump the auction. Attendees may also purchase $5 chances to win prize packages!

High Art 2019

High Art was created by Dona Frank and The Natural Cannabis Company in 2014 as a crowdsourcing solution to packaging design. From its humble beginnings, High Art has developed into an internationally-known art competition with thousands of entries annually from 84+ countries all over the world.

Each year professional and amateur artists create themed works through a variety of mediums to compete for $50,000 in prize money and to see their work featured on packaging, social media, at the High Art gallery in Santa Rosa, CA and displayed at prestigious art events, in the United States and abroad.

My images, Franz: A Continuation made top 40 out of over four thousand entries!

Juxtapoz Magazine sneak in

One weird thing I have experience is never knowing where you will appear on the internet. I find it a useful practice to occasionally Google your own name from time to time. For example, I found my image on the Juxtapoz website informing viewers about the High Art contest. Now, I understand this might not be news worthy to some, but to me it defiantly is! I love this magazine and am honored to be part of her in any way shape and form.

2018

Etsy

I finally did it! I created an Etsy site. Still a bit in the works but I now have a reputable place for some internet transactions. If nothing is listed that you are interested in, please drop me a line and we will work it out.

Etsy.com

Paseo Small Show

Please join us for the Paseo Arts Association’s Annual SmallArt Show opening reception during the December First Friday Gallery Walk!

All artwork is priced under $199.

Juror Barbara Weidell will announce awards at 7pm and be available for artist discussion and feedback afterwards.

Got an honorable mention. Always the brides maid, never the bride.

Deck the Walls 4×4

Deck the Walls 4×4 Art Show & Auction is a fundraising event benefiting the Paseo Arts Association that encourages new art collectors to begin collecting local art!

Bids will begin at $25 and customers will also have a “Buy It Now” option for $75. Silent Auction will end around 8pm.

Check out the detail on their Facebook page here.

DNA Galleries

Hurray! I now have a sweet selection of prints available at DNA Galleries located in the Plaza District.

“DNA Galleries is an artist made retail shop and contemporary art gallery focusing on Oklahoma artists and artisans. Our doors opened a decade ago in the now revitalized Plaza District near downtown Oklahoma City. From the beginning our goal has been to celebrate, support, and foster the creative minds of our community.⠀

We are open 7 days a week and we feature a new art exhibition each month. Join us on the second Friday of each month from 6-10pm for our neighborhood’s Live on the Plaza.”

Info stolen from the official DNA Galleries web pages, found here.

20th Annual Plaza District Festival

In celebration of the revitalized District, the Plaza District Association holds the Plaza District Festival each fall. The festival highlights a wide array of Oklahoma’s own performing artists, visual artists, live musicians and children’s activities. The festival is open to the public and draws audiences from across Oklahoma City and the surrounding areas, and offers the surrounding neighborhoods an arts festival right in the heart of their community. Artist booths line NW 16th Street in a festive display of Oklahoma creativity.

Choices

Join us on Friday, September 28 for our annual fundraiser, CHOICES, at the 21c Museum Hotel to benefit Planned Parenthood Great Plains’ (PPGP) three health centers and sex education program in the Oklahoma City metro area.

This year, CHOICES will feature a keynote address by journalist and author Irin Carmon, who recently co-wrote the biography Notorious R.B.G.: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Carmon is a national reporter for MSNBC as well as a Harvard grad and visiting fellow in the Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice at Yale Law School.

MY two images, Pleiades and Fog Witch will be hanging on the walls of legendary 21C hotels in support of Planned Parenthood. Come show your support for women, education, options and art.

Tickets available here.

O VAC 12×12

The 12×12 fuses 175 of Oklahoma’s finest artists with local restaurants and live music to create a memorable one-night-only event.

For this event I decided to try my hand at watercolors. Pulling inspiration from a dream I once had as a child. You can place a bid on this beauty at the event on September 28th 2018

“Bee Dream 2018” was used in the article in 405 Magazine to cover this event. See the online article here!

Photofest

“PhotoFest on Paseo is a juried photography exhibition that takes place each September and is open to all types of photography-based artwork, including traditional and digital processes and mixed media work that features photography.
Through this exhibition, the Paseo Arts Association strives to represent and spotlight the depth and diversity of contemporary Oklahoma photography. The exhibit will be featured in the Paseo Art Space during the month of September.”

This years Juror, MJ Alexander, chose Pleiades as an entry for this contest. Come down to the Art space on the first Friday walk to see if anything else comes from this show!

House of Pleiades

“In this space you will find a collective of women space holders and male voices, who are sharing their innate gifts, healing modalities, raw humanness, 3rd eye visions and purpose for healing. Through the cosmos and earth elements, we can learn to navigate and balance ourselves into a higher awareness. And by the exploration of our Shadow Self, we can transcend beyond cultural conditioning and patterns.” – Pulled from house of pleiades info page.

A fantastic woman asked me if I would create an image for a new website she was building for women. Her message speaking right to my heart, I accepted right away and created with the inspiration pulled from the star constellation, Pleiades. Currently this image is used on the home page of the website and again in the Q&A section.

Check out this magical space at, www.houseofpleiades.com/

The PAA Members’ Show

This was a submission for Paseo Arts Association members only. There was a submission process and only a select number were accepted. My entry, The Exposed, got the chance to hang on the gallery wall during this event. I was also selected to be the member showcase of the week and got my face on Facebook and earned myself a spot on their webpage you can view here.

2017

International Photographer of the Year

FINE ART: PHOTOMANIPULATION (AMATEUR) – HONORABLE Mention

I entered the series, Irrational Reality in International Photographer of the year’s yearly photo competition and I made honorable mention for the fine art, photomanipulation category. Not bad for a global contest if I do say so myself.

Find my little blurb here.

O VAC 12×12

The 12×12 fuses 175 of Oklahoma’s finest artists with local restaurants and live music to create a memorable one-night-only event.

For this event I submitted OKCreature. I wanted to create a one of a kind edition for this special event. So I crafted a 3D element for the frame, bringing the surreal essence out of the picture and into the real world. OKCreature is now living comfortably in his new home somewhere in the Oklahoma City area.

Stubborn Magazine

One Year Issue #18

Issue 18

Celebrating the one year anniversary of this wonderfully obscure magazine, each published artist was invited back to submit an image for this print. They humbly accepted my image, 39, also titled, Coffee for this publication to add some extra flair. I was delighted to surprised my less than excited model, Mrs Olivia, with the news of her new found fame. Thank you for being my weird friend. I love you.

High Art Contest

“Welcome artists, to High Art 2017, the first and only global cannabis inspired art contest presented by The Natural Cannabis Company and Juxtapoz Magazine. This is our fourth year of asking artists from around the globe to take to their favorite creation space, take a puff to invoke the ganja muse and lay down the inspiration she evokes.Our theme this year is psychedelia and its sister, surrealism; two art movements that share much in common.” – Entry page of High Art 2017

Franz, an Imitation made it in the top 40 out of 3001 entries.

Check out an interview I did with them here!

Workshop teacher and Adjudicator for ISAS Arts Festival

ISAS 50th Anniversary page

As a workshop leader I custom build and presented two programs specifically for the wants and needs of the aspiring artist. The two workshops included, Step Up your Selfie Game; The Art of Self Portraiture and The Art of Storytelling: & Real Life Advice on Being a Creative in the Real Life World.

I also lead a critic for two schools photography programs. Recognizing the raw talent in these photos was only the first step. I analyzed each image and gave them advice on how they can push them selves even further in their art.

You can now buy my prints in a store!

You read that right. Comingdeer Studios is the most adorable little shop. She is located in Bethany, Oklahoma. I am so very excited to have some of my work hanging in their brand new space. Check out their Instagram @comingdeerstudios to see for you self how perfect it is.

2016

Raw Art Show Case: Holiday Special OKC

Now this was a big one! In December I participated in a large art show at the farmers market downtown OKC. It was hosted by a group that goes by the name, Raw Artist. Their main purpose is to show case the underground artists. Bring a voice to the little people. I am not sure if I worked harder for an event, ever. The hard work did indeed pay off. I got to meet so many new people and reconnect with lost friends. I am overwhelmed with gratitude that many of my images are now in these peoples homes.