... Bosque # 2, Bosque # 5, graphite on paper 4" x 4" inches each; Native Texan, Sam Gummelt started creating these cutting edge modern designs as early as 1970. This was around the period that artists like Donald Judd and Frank Stella were also creating these historically modern works that were precisely geometric abstractions of color and form. He studied at the North Texas State University and Southern Methodist University. These small scale renderings both in graphite and the fabricated works are typically his medium of choice, which show is acute attention to detail and precise hand work.