Everything happens for you

ARTWORK BY SAM JUAN

HOW TO ORDER
Samantha Juan holding a paintbrush while seated in her studio in front of a colorful floral painting.

LARGE-SCALE ABSTRACT PAINTINGS ROOTED IN BREATH, PRAYER, AND THE BODY'S RETURN.

Samantha Juan is a multidisciplinary artist whose work moves through abstraction, color, gesture, and present-tense attention.

Her current paintings are large, layered, and alive with botanical forms, bold movement, and the physical trace of emotion moving through the body.

This is not art made to explain the past. It is work made from presence.

Samantha Juan painting a vibrant abstract artwork in her studio, surrounded by colorful canvases and art supplies.
Samantha Juan working with a paintbrush on a small canvas at her art studio workspace.

THE BODY IS WHERE THE WORK BEGINS.

My paintings begin before language.

They begin with breath, tension, irritation, joy, grief, prayer, movement — whatever the body is honest enough to reveal before the mind tries to manage it.

I work in layers, often beginning with fast, instinctive marks before allowing form, color, and rhythm to emerge. Floral and botanical shapes often appear through the process, not as decoration, but as evidence of something opening.

The work is abstract, but not detached. It is physical. Devotional. Feminine. Unapologetically alive.

I am less interested in making paintings that need to be decoded than paintings that can be felt before they are explained.


Samantha Juan smiling while seated in front of one of her colorful abstract paintings.

PAINTING HONESTLY

Plant medicine may have helped me walk through the door, but it is painting that is teaching me how to stay.

Samantha Juan painting a colorful abstract canvas in her studio while holding a palette and wide brush.

CURRENT BODY OF WORK

01

&kisses

Acrylic on Canvas 32x40

02

DREAMING

Acrylic on Canvas 16 × 20

03

EMOTION

Acrylic on Canvas 92 × 100

04

HAZY

Acrylic on Canvas 16 × 20

05

HUDDLE

Acrylic on Canvas 24 × 62

06

HUGS

Acrylic on Canvas 32 × 40

07

JOY

Acrylic on Canvas 54 × 72

08

THE COMMUNITY

Acrylic on Canvas

09

LIFE

Acrylic on Canvas 16 × 20

10

NEIGHBORHOOD

Acrylic on Canvas 50 × 50

11

RESONANCE

Acrylic on Canvas 36 × 72

12

RISING

Acrylic on Canvas 16 × 20

13

RUSHHOUR

Acrylic on Canvas 50 × 72

14

SENSATION

Acrylic on Canvas 16 × 20

15

VIBRANCE

Acrylic on Canvas 24 × 60

16

WATCHERS

Acrylic on Canvas 92 × 100

Samantha Juan standing in her resident artist studio at Workhouse Arts Center, wearing paint-splattered pants.

INSIDE THE STUDIO

My working studio is located at Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, Virginia. If you’d like to come down and view the work in person, you’re more than welcome to during our business hours. I also take private viewings for serious buyers.

My working studio is located at Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, Virginia. If you’d like to come down and view the work in person, you’re more than welcome to during our business hours. I also take private viewings for serious buyers. ttps://www.workhousearts.org/

9518 Workhouse Way Lorton, VA 22079

Hours

Wednesday - Saturday, 11am-6pm Sunday, 12pm - 5pm

2nd Saturday of the month, 11am-9pm

Samantha Juan painting on canvas while holding a palette in her Workhouse Arts Center studio. 
How To Order / Buy Art

  • Share the space, desired size, general palette, timeline, and what drew you to the work.

  • We discuss the emotional direction, practical needs, and alignment of the commission with my current practice.

  • The painting develops through layered mark-making, breath, prayer, color, and intuitive response.

  • Once complete, final images are shared before pickup or shipping arrangements are made.

  • Each work is released with care, intention, and any relevant documentation.