Preston Sampson is a figurative expressionist painter who captures the essence of Black people throughout US history. His nostalgic reflections portray Black Americans free, enjoying simple pleasures, through his energetic and gestural style. During a time of civil unrest and the fight for Black lives, Sampson’s portraits create an environment for rest or relief. The work offers a counter-narrative to being Black in America: living to survive, versus, what it looks like to simply live. The themes of his work evoke moments where our senses are most fulfilled and heightened by the pleasures of everyday life. Join us for a respite, a moment of catharsis, and revival. 

Preston Sampson is a figurative expressionist painter who captures the essence of Black people throughout US history. His nostalgic reflections portray Black Americans free, enjoying simple pleasures, through his energetic and gestural style. During a time of civil unrest and the fight for Black lives, Sampson’s portraits create an environment for rest or relief. The work offers a counter-narrative to being Black in America: living to survive, versus, what it looks like to simply live. The themes of his work evoke moments where our senses are most fulfilled and heightened by the pleasures of everyday life. Join us for a respite, a moment of catharsis, and revival. 

Preston Sampson is a figurative expressionist painter who captures the essence of Black people throughout US history. His nostalgic reflections portray Black Americans free, enjoying simple pleasures, through his energetic and gestural style. During a time of civil unrest and the fight for Black lives, Sampson’s portraits create an environment for rest or relief. The work offers a counter-narrative to being Black in America: living to survive, versus, what it looks like to simply live. The themes of his work evoke moments where our senses are most fulfilled and heightened by the pleasures of everyday life. Join us for a respite, a moment of catharsis, and revival. 

Preston Sampson is a figurative expressionist painter who captures the essence of Black people throughout US history. His nostalgic reflections portray Black Americans free, enjoying simple pleasures, through his energetic and gestural style. During a time of civil unrest and the fight for Black lives, Sampson’s portraits create an environment for rest or relief. The work offers a counter-narrative to being Black in America: living to survive, versus, what it looks like to simply live. The themes of his work evoke moments where our senses are most fulfilled and heightened by the pleasures of everyday life. Join us for a respite, a moment of catharsis, and revival. 

Preston Sampson is a figurative expressionist painter who captures the essence of Black people throughout US history. His nostalgic reflections portray Black Americans free, enjoying simple pleasures, through his energetic and gestural style. During a time of civil unrest and the fight for Black lives, Sampson’s portraits create an environment for rest or relief. The work offers a counter-narrative to being Black in America: living to survive, versus, what it looks like to simply live. The themes of his work evoke moments where our senses are most fulfilled and heightened by the pleasures of everyday life. Join us for a respite, a moment of catharsis, and revival. 

Preston Sampson is a figurative expressionist painter who captures the essence of Black people throughout US history. His nostalgic reflections portray Black Americans free, enjoying simple pleasures, through his energetic and gestural style. During a time of civil unrest and the fight for Black lives, Sampson’s portraits create an environment for rest or relief. The work offers a counter-narrative to being Black in America: living to survive, versus, what it looks like to simply live. The themes of his work evoke moments where our senses are most fulfilled and heightened by the pleasures of everyday life. Join us for a respite, a moment of catharsis, and revival. 

Join us for an evening discussing the work of Ric Garcia & Fierce Sonja, whose show -- Pop Life -- is currently running in the Park's Stone Tower Gallery.  

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Join us for an evening discussing the pop art collaboration with Ric Garcia and Fierce Sonia. Find out more about their artwork. Enjoy an intimate conversation as the artists share the meaning behind their work - dreams, fears and hopes, while at times, having a bit of tongue in cheek fun with the topics. In the "Pop Life" Exhibition presented by Glen Echo Park Galleries, Washington DC metro area artists Ric Garcia and Fierce Sonia imagine worlds where comic book and fairy tale heroes and heroines are deconstructed and reframed to explore the rhythm of modern life and the differences between genders.

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Washington DC metro area artists Ric Garcia and Fierce Sonia imagine worlds where comic book and fairy tale heroes and heroines are deconstructed and reframed to explore the rhythm of modern life and the differences between genders. Enjoy a nostalgic and trippy shout out to the 1960s and 1970s as the artists present the dreams, fears and hopes of each gender, while at times, having a bit of tongue in cheek fun with the topics.

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More about Fierce Sonia >>

Washington DC metro area artists Ric Garcia and Fierce Sonia imagine worlds where comic book and fairy tale heroes and heroines are deconstructed and reframed to explore the rhythm of modern life and the differences between genders. Enjoy a nostalgic and trippy shout out to the 1960s and 1970s as the artists present the dreams, fears and hopes of each gender, while at times, having a bit of tongue in cheek fun with the topics.

More about Ric Garcia >>

More about Fierce Sonia >>