I am a freelance artist and illustrator. I have contributed illustrations to online magazines such as Amelia's Magazine, CreatureMag, Flamingo Mag, Paraxis, Commas and Colons, Gadfly Magazine, the River Journal, for political campaigning organisations Think Act Vote and Stir To Action.I've showed in several exhibitions (solo and group) in Sheffield, and my work was also selected to be part of a International exhibition organised by Artists Wanted in Times Square New York. I have previously run 2 vintage retail outlets: Vintique, & co-run another, Samphire & Scott. I curated and sold my artwork at the Corner Gallery, have work for sale in All Good Stuff, and two Sheffield Makers Shops, all are non-profit/Community interest companies for artists and crafters local to Sheffield & the North.I volunteered as Head of Visual Arts Wing at Fledgling Arts Collective, which believes in the power of the arts as a therapeutic tool - seeking to enable self expression and provide a creative forum and outlet for anyone wanting to share their creativity, along with outreach, counselling and support for vulnerable people. In January 2012 I founded an arts collective, Illustrious Artists which is vibrant community of artistic like minds from all over the world. Myself and my work have been featured in Ballad Of magazine, Burst Magazine and Flamingo Mag, and I was interviewed by and featured in Urbanity magazine where my work was showcased as a new and emerging talent.Currently my work can be found at Sheffield Makers Shop in the Winter Gardens in Sheffield, Sheffield Makers Hunters Bar. Exhibitions include Eten Sheffield, and The Green Room, Sheffield, the Gardeners Rest pub, also online in my etsy, society6, Redbubble and Artfinder stores and on my own website: http://samparr.co.uk