Perhaps Sam's appeal as an artist has something to do with her ability to capture a sense of hope, optimism and good old fashioned British eccentricity. Her characters inhabit a world which is both otherworldly and instantly recognisable. The faded ice cream colours of the British seaside give a feeling of pathos and nostalgia: the wind is often blowing, the weather is often wet, love is often unrequited and there is always sand in the sandwiches.
