Sam Leach’s meticulously rendered oil paintings draw from diverse classical and modernist art traditions. Here, humans in protective suits wander through a Baroque forest, while brightly coloured Jasper Johns-style targets hover overhead. The title of the work, Sebeok on safari 2012-13, references the work of philosopher Thomas Sebeok, a pioneer in biosemiotics, the study of communication through signs and symbols in the natural world.
