“It’s wild, it’s weird, it’s wonderful . . . . it’s a trip.”

As pointed out in the Preface, the Showcase gallery highlights Sams’ art. Two galleries, Montana and Washington, broadly exhibit work from the two major periods of his career. They include some artworks exhibited in other, more focused, galleries. A gallery is devoted to mugs. Sams viewed mugs as a significant art form and produced them throughout his career.  As extensive as this collection is, many works remain undocumented.

Sams’ views about his art are expressed in several video interviews (Videos) and writings (Writings). For convenience, several written remarks have been compiled in On His Art in Writings. The complete documents from which they have been taken also are there. There is also his very detailed and revealing analysis of his artwork, The Old Scare or Chicken Warrior.

( It should be noted that almost all of the artwork images in the site have been derived from Sams’ own slides and are more than forty years old. Many lack titles or other information. As noted in the Preface, images of artworks in the albums may be enlarged, and any available information about them displayed by clicking on them. Most enlarged images may be further enlarged in Full Screen mode. )