Author Archives: Sam Formosa

About Sam Formosa

Conceptual artist, painter, sculpture in ceramics, paper, metal, wood and who make use of his created alphabetical, numerical, and musical notation systems as core foundation of his art work.

Horizons

Horizons

Horizons – Life’s Aspirations. The journey is still ongoing.

# Horizons.

Brushoh Series, Acrylic on Acrylic Paper, 240 x 333mm.

Cerulean Blue signifies the letter D in SamSam alphabet and the D major in the music scale.

Self-Awareness through Art.

 Aspirations; Brushoh Series; Calling; Desires; Ends; Endeavor; Hopes; Goals; Longings; Wants; Wishes; Yearnings;

Traveller’s Companion

Traveller’s Companion.

#Traveller’sCompanion. Brushoh Series, Acrylic on Acrylic Paper 240 x 333mm.

A journey deep into the unknown.

French Ultramarine Blue signifies the letter C in the alphabet and the C major in the music scale.

Companion; Acquaintance; Colour Speak; Confidant; Colleague; Comrade; Friend;

Explorer; Traveller; Traveller’s Companion; Voyager;

Work

Work.

#Work. Brushoh Series, Acrylic on Acrylic Paper 240 x 333mm.

The question is, what does it mean to work?

Work is written in English in the Samsam Alphabet System.

Effort; Transferring of resource from agent to another; Samsam Alphabet System Work;

 Employment; Success; Labour; Muscle sweat and Brain sweat;

Adam Formosa – Work, “Transferring of resource from agent to another.”

Forwon

Forwon

Sirlas Series, Acrylic on Acrylic Paper 240 x 333mm.

Geometric Meditation. #Sirlas; #Forwon;

Attractiveness; Characteristics; Consideration; Concentration; Contemplation;  Deliberation; Forwon;  Personality; Personal Spiritualty; Reflection; Sirlas Series; Thought;  

Dragons at play.

Dragons at play.

#DragonsAtPlay. Two dragons at play in the Ginger Forest.

Characters from the Jasteki Series, Acrylic on Acrylic Paper 240 x 333mm.

Charm; Fiction Character; Focal point; Nature of Character; Original; Personality; Role; Part of; Storyline; Strength; Symbolic relationships; The cast; The plot; the side of character; Type; Weakness; Jasteki Series.

Datestamp – 1st January 2022

Datestamp – 1st January 2022

#Datestamp

Datestamp It indicates the day, month, and year only. It does not indicate the morning, afternoon, or specific time of that day. Datestamp Series, Acrylic on Acrylic Paper, 240 x 333mm.

Age; Date; Day; Chapter;  Episode; Epoch; Experience;  Era; Month; Period; Place; Stage; Term; Times; Year;

Lolgo

Molgo

Molgo#. A character from the Miekoma Series, Acrylic on Acrylic Paper 240 x 333mm.

Charm; Fiction Character; Focal point; Nature of Character; Original; Personality; Role; Part of; Storyline; Strength; Symbolic relationships; The cast; The plot; the side of character; Type; Weakness; Miekoma series.

I wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year.

The Promise

The Promise

#ThePromise. From the Playtext Series, Acrylic on Acrylic Paper 240 x 333mm.

Emotional Experience.

Acting; Agreement; Aptitude; Capacity; Characters; Drama; Guarantee; Oath; Swear; Talent; Word Undertaking;

All blank pages/canvases are theatres. All the elements that are on them are participants, actors or agents.

Adamo

Adamo

#Adamo. From the Playtext Series, Acrylic on Acrylic Paper 240 x 333mm.

Adamo – that which touches the deep emotional senses.  

Adamo; Emotions; Adulterous; Emotional; Flavour; Hearing; Latin; Lust with; Pleasure; Sight; Subjective experience; to admire greatly; to fall in love; to love with a passionately; Touch;

Run

Run

#Run. From the Playtext Series, Acrylic on Acrylic Paper 240 x 333mm.

To run with time.

Of Time == Birth with Time; Course of Time; Dimensions of Time; Enter the world of time; Flood of Time; The Flow of Time; Forward and Before time; To leave time; Narrow Dimension of Time; Participate in Time; Present, past – present – future of Time; Progress in Time; Split the Time; Stream of Time(s);