HalfARooster was Sam's dream. He wanted to share his ART with the world. Sadly, Sam died from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in January 2022, before his dream could come true. Sams parents and Emily Saint clair who also has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, are working on making Sams dreams come true. Sam wanted to share his art for free and we distributed many artworks last year at Hwymos QUEER, at the national museum of Wales Cardiff and we were delighted when the museum took some prints for their archives. We are selling mounted prints on this website to raise funds for Ty Hafan children's hospice and community art projects.
Sam created quirky, stunning, vast, silly and beautiful
pages and Sams YouTube and Bog. links on this page.
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Sam loved art. As a child he went to Llanover hall Art Centre Cardiff, where he did animation, pottery, film making and all aspects of theatre.
He did Cardiff University photography courses at Chapter arts centre and ffotogallery
Sam helped design a mural on display for few years outside the Queens Vaults in Cardiff.
He won second place in Cardiff's first Photomarathon.
Sam spent many happy times at Ty Hafan children's hospice.
He attended Newport University at age 15, achieving a city and guilds in animation at just 16 years old.
He attended Coleg Glan Hafren Cardiff completing a HNC in media. Then attended The University of South Wales in 2003 and studied media production.
Sam enjoyed arts based learning in the city and attended jazz music classes and small theatre productions at the Gate art centre in Roath Cardiff
When he was physically able, he took part in many Cardiff festivals and loved working with the artists,
He learnt harmonica at St. David's Hall Cardiff and played their gamelan.
He also loved performances and events at Millennium Centre Cardiff Bay.
Cardiff was truly Sam's city