Sam

The title “Sam”, is a gender ambiguous name for a portrait of a gender neutral individual wearing ear gauges, a nose stud, and glasses indicating a contemporary image. Sam is portrayed as attractive and happy. The portrait is constructed of solid steel rod and bar stock, this steel-line drawing is literally transparent and devoid of applied color. “Sam” is a uniquely 21st-century portrait where the medium is transparent yet the image remains opaque as to gender, age, profession,economic status, educational background or sexual orientation. All assumptions beyond the apparent joy of this individual remain in the imagination of the beholder.