Sam Rudd

Sam Rudd is a painter based in Cheshire whose work sits at the intersection of landscape and abstraction — loose, expressive paintings that feel like a place rather than describe one. The sea, the fields, the shifting light of the English countryside all live inside her canvases, translated through mark, colour, and instinct rather than careful observation.

Before coming to painting, Sam spent fifteen years as an illustrator and textile designer. The move wasn’t immediate — it began quietly, painting again just for herself, for pleasure. “I had to change my mindset a lot — to be much more free and loose. It became less about communication and more about expression.”

That background in illustration and textiles didn’t disappear — it became part of the work. The drawing lives beneath every surface she makes. The mark-making carries the rhythm of someone who has spent years thinking about pattern and line.

“How do you make it so loose?” — the question Sam’s audience asks most often. This course is the full answer.

This is the first time Sam has brought her complete process — from sketchbook in the field to finished canvas series — into an online course. If you’ve wanted to loosen your painting and find the feeling in the landscape, this is where you start.