Happy Trails
Sammy SlabbinckSammy Slabbinck assembles mid-century fragments into surrealist puzzles that bridge the gap between nostalgic Americana and untamed nature. This collage juxtaposes the rugged stillness of a southwestern desert with unexpected flashes of avian life and feline grace, creating a narrative of discovery across a shifting landscape.
Happy Trails
Sammy Slabbinck assembles mid-century fragments into surrealist puzzles that bridge the gap between nostalgic Americana and untamed nature. This collage juxtaposes the rugged stillness of a southwestern desert with unexpected flashes of avian life and feline grace, creating a narrative of discovery across a shifting landscape.
A meaningful share of this purchase goes directly to Sammy Slabbinck.
Every Arthaus piece supports a living artist.
Art Analysis
A surrealist journey through sun-bleached fragments of the West
Slabbinck utilizes a vintage aesthetic to recontextualize the vastness of the American West, layering iconic bird species and feline forms against a backdrop of dynamic cloud formations. The composition plays with scale and perspective, placing historic monument corners alongside sports motifs to suggest a world where urban memory and the survival instinct of the wild coexist.
The work functions as a global discovery narrative, inviting the viewer to navigate a terrain where desert landscapes meet symbolic imagery. By weaving together retro textures and sublime natural elements, the piece captures the spirit of a thrilling safari expedition through a dreamlike, fragmented past.
This piece fuses nostalgic design elements with dreamlike, supernatural imagery to create a sense of wonder.
The piece explores the vastness of the American landscape through sun-drenched canyons and shifting weather patterns.
A small bird acts as a vessel for the desire for freedom, looking out from a botanical enclosure toward the stars.
Free Shipping
On all framed orders
100-Day Guarantee
Love it or return it
Gallery Quality
Museum-grade materials
Artist-Direct
Fair pay, every piece
More to Discover
More from Sammy Slabbinck
ArtistMore of Sammy Slabbinck’s work, hand-picked from the collection.
