Gary Ernest Smith

Following years of artistic training and experimentation, Smith’s subject matter began to emerge based on the artist’s background of a rural life-style that celebrates the values of hard work and self-reliance. Living in the west, his work is primarily of that region, but it is not western in the traditional sense.

Although it defies precise classification, the artist considers his style “minimal” and seeks to express the essence and simplicity of each subject. Whatever the focus might be, his work expresses the artistic elements of bold form and color. These two components become the vehicle that melds the style and subject into a symbolic visual language, expanding the artistic appeal beyond the west to captivate the attention of a sophisticated urban audience.