THE ARTIST SAM EUGÈNE REFLECTS ON FINDING BEAUTY

Influenced by his childhood friends, Sam Eugène’s first contact with art was through graffiti; it was on the wall of his backyard where he experimented with spray paint. At age 15, when some of his friends were imprisoned for illegal graffiti work, Eugène realized he wanted more and started to slowly develop his own style. Soon he was selling canvas works to collectors outside his circles. Some of the influence of that graffiti work can be seen in his most recent exhibition. I caught up with Eugène at a little street café in central London.