About + Q&A

Sam Binder (he/him) is a painter from northeast Wisconsin who presently resides in Rochester, NY. He has been undertaking creative projects in various forms since 2006 and painting since 2015.

Sam's work has been featured in the 2020 State of the Art Gallery December juried show in Ithaca, NY.

He has done logos such as one for drop your shoulders, a film production outfit.

Sam's design was chosen for the 2026 WAYO 104.3FM Donation Drive Hoodie.

This site is (slowly, surely) getting backfilled with the decade of work I did prior to deciding I should have a website; if you know a favorite piece that isn't here yet, keep waiting - it will probably show up soon - or sign up so as to email me so that I know to move it up in the schedule.

What is this site?

This site is many things - portfolio, archive, and blog. It is a website away from the more algorithmically fickle platforms, and something with tags that allows organization of art into categories as needed - sketches, all works in a series, subject matter, by medium, whether things are sold or not. A better landing spot than "here's my instagram grid, I promise that I paint things other than cats despite that's what my last 18 works have been".

What Does Subscribing Get You?

Subscribing is free - you provide an email, you sign in and can see some what's happening in the members only portion of the site.

You can also see the secret announcement, at the top of the page, with the email address for purchasing inquiries and commissions.

Sometimes you'll get an email when there's a new post or drop — "wow art right to your inbox!" — but you can also unsubscribe from those if you want (because who wants more emails?), no feelings are hurt by that.

Do you do NFTs at all?

Nope. That's cool that you like them and my art, but I try to keep all my speculative assets strictly physical. If there's a piece you want to own as an NFT, may I suggest buying the actual art object instead? I assure you it is just as non-fungible.

Do you do prints at all?

Sometimes!

In general, I don't think my work lends itself well to prints - it uses out-of-gamut colors and monopigments that don't really translate well to CMYK or other forms of composite color, and heavily features textures, which don't really translate to flat prints on paper. When I do prints, I generally try to

But capital-A Art isn't the only thing I make, and physical isn't the only modality I work under, so watch this space. Subscribe if you want an email when you can pre-order or buy pieces.

Are you other places online?

Sure. My art is on instagram and cara. I guess I'm on threads too as @fakesambinder, but I don't love how ragebait-prone their algorithm is so I try not to spend time there.

I'm also over on bluesky, @https://bsky.app/profile/art.sambinder.com.ap.brid.gy, which autoblogs the posts from this very site.

Lastly, I'm on letterboxd if you feel like engaging in parasocial activity.

How should I navigate your site?

The archive is all tagged, so you can navigate by similar features:

• My Favorites, Available for Purchase
• By Series: Another Cycle, This Pedal Does Not Exist, Quad Studies, Roco6x6, CityPop
• Mediums: Oil Paint, Acrylic Paint, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
• By color: Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet, Pink, Red, White, Black, Fluorescent
• By year: 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and earlier
• By subject: Abstracts, Cityscapes, Landscapes, People, Animals That Are Cats, Animals That Are Not Cats

There's also the All Tags Page, if you want to browse everything

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