MARK T SMITH1968 -

“My work is a neo-classic counter-revolution to the emotionally vapid and endlessly self- referencing post-modern thought and artwork. The artwork exhibits the classic skills of drawing and painting with

the balance of a modern mindset. I have always had a primary interest in the tactile experience of making beautiful expressions in the traditional forms of printmaking, sculpture, painting and drawing. My images are archetypal in nature, universal in appeal and message. My desire is to place the future of Art under the influence of: Beauty, Skill and Revelation. Throughout my career I have carefully sought out

opportunities to display and apply artwork in a manner that will reach as many people as possible, while maintaining tight control on the quality and content of the artwork. I have spent my career participating

in the numerically smaller but more influential circles of the galleries and museums; however, I firmly believe that artwork has a primary function to ennoble the public. In order to create an awareness and

appreciation of the Arts, Art must be connected to our daily lives and must find applications that engenders understanding and implants the desire to have the Arts as a permanent partner in the

everyday experience of our lives”.

Mark T Smith

ARTIST STATEMENT

ABSOLUT SMITH1996

EARLY DAYS“All children are artists. The problem is how to

remain an artist once he grows up.”Pablo Picasso

SCLUPTURE“Sculpture is the final frontier for a painter and draftsman - finally to

reach out into the world. The newness of the experience is intoxicating, the challenges exciting and fresh. The first baby-steps into this world return me to the feeling that I had as a very young

child making art. I am approaching this new expression with a renewed love of the creative process, the tabula rasa of a wise child

and have fallen in love again with Arts' seductive forces”.Mark T Smith

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LIFE“I love it when a plan comes together.”

Hannibal Smith

J Murphyjay@marktsmith.com