Original oil paintings from artist Sam Roloff of Portland Oregon
Thursday, April 7 at 5 PM – 8 PM Portland’5 Centers for the Arts 1111 SW Broadway, Portland, Oregon 97205 Opening Reception for the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale Art Show! The Brothers Grimm originally released these collected tales, sinister, enchanted and dark, as children’s stories implicating the morals of the time and they continue to […]
Realizing that my original oil paintings are priced for longevity, I decided to offer up affordable posters for art lovers on a budget. These sizes are fixed to 12 x 18, 12 x 15 and total paper size 14.5 x 22.5 in. If you would like a particular size, please contact me. […]
NEW YEARS EVE 2012 – BEGINNING OF THE END AT YOLO LOUNGE Yolo Lounge 412 SW Fourth Avenue Portland OR 97204 503.719.6901 See more abstracts.
Title: The Year of the Dwarf Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 54 x 30 inches Series: Back-Story Under Painting ID#: SGR3053 Year: 2010 Original: $800
Connecting the Dots Title: Connecting the Dots – Beware of Eric Dencer Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 4 x 6 ft or 42 x 72 Series: Backstory Under-Painting ID#: SGR3155 Year: 2011 Original: Contact Artist [hr]
Title: Sophia Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 72 x 48 in Series: Women of Portland ID#: SGR3005 Year: 2010-11 Price for Original: $1,200 Description/Notes: Go to the next page to see photos of what is under the current layer. This painting is currently hanging at Cafe Nirvana in Portland Or. [imageflow id=”45″]
Title: The Great Collapse (lady liberty falls to her knees) aka the Economy Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 40 x 30 inches Series: Back-Story Under Painting (The first in the series) ID#: SGR3023 Year: 2009-10 Price for Original: $2,000 Description/Notes: This painting was inspired by the recent economic crisis. It’s hard to tell from the image […]
Title: Amanda Knox Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 60 x 60 inches Series: Women of Portland ID#: SGR3066 Year: 2009 – 2011 Price for Original: NOT FOR SALE Description/Notes: The painting and the back-story deals with the tragic events of the past few years of Amanda Knox who is currently serving a life sentence in Italy for the […]
Title: Cheryl Roloff in three parts, photos from SF Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 40 x 30 inches Series: Portraits ID#: SGR3110 Year: 2011 Price: $800 Description/Notes: Go to the next page to see photos of the back-story underpaintings.
Title: Geek Love Medium: Oil on Panel Size: 36 x 24 inches Series: Backstory-Underpainting ID#: SGR3015 Year: 2010 Price: $500 Description/Notes: Geek Love is a novel by Katherine Dunn, published completely by Alfred A. Knopf (a division of Random House) in 1989. Dunn published parts of the novel in Mississippi Mud Book of Days (1983) and Looking Glass Bookstore Review […]
Title: Battle of the Sexes Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 47 x 30 inches Series: Olander ID#: SGR3013 Year: 2008-2011 Price: $650 [imageflow id=”152″]
Title: Vogue Woman ||| inspired by an earlier painting of the same image Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 30 x 40 inches Series: Women of Portland ID#: SGR3101 Year: 2011 Price: $800 Description/Notes: Go to the next page to see photos of what is under the current layer.
Title: Sophia Loren Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 48 x 72 inch Series: Portraits ID#: SGR3005 Year: 2010 Price: $1,200 Description/Notes: [imageflow id=”142″]
Title: Amanda Knox – Portrait of a Girl Serving Life for Murder in an Italian Prison. Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 60 x 60 inch Series: Women of Portland ID#: SGR3066 Year: 2011 Price: …in progress Description/Notes: The painting and the back-story deals with the tragic events of the past few years of Amanda Knox who […]
Title: Where is Mission School? Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 36 x 24 in Series: Neo-classical ID#: SGR2992 Year: 2009 Price: $1,500 Description/Notes: “Where is Mission School?” was started in 2007 after reading an article in Artnews magazine titled New Visionaries: Contemporary Artists are Picking up by Barbara Pollack. He found that some old friends […]
Title: Tiger’s Blood – Small Medium: Oil on Panel Board Size: 12 x 12 inches Series: Abstract ID#: SGR3111 Year: 2011 Price: $200 Currently hanging at Lovejoy Bakers in the Pearl, Portland Oregon
Title: Tripoli Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 48 x 30 inches Series: Olander ID#: SGR3114 Year: 2011 Price: $500
Title: Fukushima Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 48 x 30 inches Series: Olander ID#: SGR3113 Year: 2011 Price: $500
Title: Laurelwood 12×12 Medium: Soil on Canvas with Spray Mount Size: 12 x 12 inches Series: Laurelwood ID#: SGR3112 Year: 2011 Price: $200 [imageflow id=”97″]
Title: The Roaring 1920’s Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 18 x 30 inches Series: Woman of Portland ID#: SGR3107 Year: 2011 Price: $600
Title: Mossy Bridge Small version Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 18 x 30 inches Series: Northwestern Mossy Bridge ID#: SGR3108 Year: 2011 Price: $500
Title: Portland Love Show 2011 Medium: Oil and Soil on canvas Size: 24 x 60 inches Series: Back Story Under Painting ID#: SGR3102 Year: 2011 Price: $700
Title: Mossy Bridge with Laurelwood Soil Medium: Oil and Soil on canvas Size: 24 x 60 inches Series: Oregon Soil ID#: SGR3102 Year: 2011 Price: $700
Title: Mossy Bridge with Jory Soil Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 30 x 60 inch Series: Northwestern ID#: SGR3060 Year: 2011 Price: $700 [imageflow id=”83″]
Title: Taxed to the Teeth Medium: Oil on Gesso Paper (Framed) Size: 40 x 30 Series: Neo-Classical ID#: SGR3003 Year: 2009 Price: $1,500 Description: Started back in 1996, the painting tells a story of wedding on the beach. The groom is shown in a wheelchair and the bride is surrounded by nymphs, above everyone is a […]
Title: Jillian Rabe Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 24 x 36 inches Series: Women of Portland ID#: SGR3063 Year: 2010 Price: $600 Description: This painting is currently hanging at Jillian’s Production Haus stop by normal business hours and take a look.
Title: Vogue Woman ll Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 30 x 48 Series: Portraits ID#: SGR3101 Year: 2011 Price: $800
Title: Liv Tyler with Hat Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 20 x 16 inch ID#: SGR3094 Year: 2010 Price: $300 Description: Inspired by a photo I found while searching Google images of Liv Tyler. Below are some images that either inspired the painting or show the process of discovery.
Title: Amanda Knox Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 60×60 inches ID#: SGR3066 Year: 2009-2011 Price: in progress contact artist Description: The painting and the back-story deals with the tragic events of the past few years of Amanda Knox who is currently serving a life sentence in Italy for the murder of Meredith Kurcher.
Title: Sophia Loren Portrait in White Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 6 x 4 feet ID#: SGR3005 Year: 2009-2010 Price: Contact Artist Below are some of the process photos.
Pick up some local artwork around $100 for the Holidays with larger paintings available as well. Take a break from the mall and have glass of wine! Artist Sam Roloff’s latest work (from a more surrealist viewpoint) will be displayed as part of a group show at Urban Grind NE. Artists include Mark Warner, Chis Haberman, Julie […]
Title: Supper Club Bubbles – aka First and Last Supper Medium: Oil on Wood Panels Date: 1998-2011 Size: 24 x 48 inches Id: SGR3037 and SGR3038 Price: $800 each $1,500 both Description: This painting was started back in 1993 in San Francisco as a traditional Last Supper homage. It then spent 10 years in the artist’s studio […]
Title: Patti Smith Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 30 x 36 inches ID#: SGR3055 Year: 2010 Price: $600 Description: Inspired by Patti Smith’s new book “Just Kids“. Some of you might recognize this painting from the TV Show “Little People, Big World” on TLC, the episode “Little Brother, Big Sister”. Below are some photos from the making […]
Title: Woman with Turban on Stairs Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 24 x 36 inches ID#: SGR3058b Year: 2011 Price: $850 Description: Based on an earlier work I did back in 1993 while living in Prague. The painting was sold to a guy visiting from NY, I am still trying to track him down. The […]
Title: Hudson – A Crash on the Hudson Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 48 x 36 inches ID#: SGR3020r Year: 2010 Series: Northwestern – Backstory Underpainting Price: $800 [imageflow id=”65″]
Title: The Archery Summit Vineyard Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 60 x 30 inches ID#: SGR3064b Year: 2010 Price: $1200
Title: Gulf Oil Spill 2010 Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 36 x 24 inches ID#: SGR3007 Year: 2010 Price: $500 Description: The back-story for this painting deals with the Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
Title: MJ – Michael Jackson Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 48 x 36 inches ID#: SGR3022 Year: 2010 Price: $600 at the Wine Cellar or Contact Artist Description: The back-story is about the sudden death of Michael Jackson and the relationship to his doctor.
Title: She is Blue Medium: Oil on Canvas Series: Women of Portland Size: 30 x 40 inch ID#: SGR3051 Date: 2010 Price: $800 Contact Artist This painting was inspired by a painting from another artist. I absolutely loved the brush strokes on this piece. So i painted my painting from his painting. The issue now is that I don’t know […]
Started work late last night on a new self portrait. More to come. Title: Self Portrait of Sam Roloff Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 18 x 24 inch Series: Portraits ID#: SGR3054 Year: 2010 Price: $800