Watercolors allow me to express how I see, feel, and embrace the world around me.
I hope you enjoy my paintings as much as I enjoyed creating them.
Prior to breaking into the art world with his 2020 solo show America Disrupted at the Richard Taittinger Gallery in New York, Jay Samit was known primarily as an internationally best-selling author and technologist who is recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on disruption and innovation. His books have between them been published in over a dozen languages around the world. Having spent a career creating innovative technologies to bring art, music, and video to billions on the Internet, Samit’s art is heavily influenced by the impact technological disruption has on our lives and our institutions. Samit’s newest paintings can be found on Instagram @jaysamit
Jay Samit is represented in the United States by the Richard Taittinger Gallery in New York and James Bacchi Contemporary in Palm Springs.
“Samit is a virtuoso watercolorist – a medium he uses for biting social commentary.” – Desert Magazine
“Samit’s works reveal the fissures in American society.” – Eazel.net
“Deftly painted and resonant with a nuanced unease you could call Hopperesque.” – White Hot Magazine
“Samit’s painting technique of precisely conveying the aesthetic of last century’s mass-produced comic books lures the viewer into each familiar vignette only to be confronted by biting text that alters the context of the imagery. Each of Samit’s paintings have a poignancy that take us on this journey from past to present, from complacency to abhorrence, with a wink and a nod that will often have you laughing out loud.” – artist Albrecht Behmel
“Layered with complexities and contradictions, his watercolors act as a force of reflection and examination.” – Yahoo.com
“Samit’s paintings are deeply evocative, sharing an uncanny charm that conspicuously communicates the disruption that defines our time.” – Loupeart.com
