The images shown here are multiples of original
art produced by artists
Linda Mead Smith and Larry Malcolm Smith
Most of the works are by the individuals and some
are collaborations
Thier work can be found in galleries and private
collections in
Atlanta ,Georgia ; Dallas ,Texas ; Hot Springs ,Arkansas
;
Los Angeles ,California ; Shreveport ,Louisiana;
Prescott Arizona.
Linda has been producing art since
1986. She has had her work in several galleries and art exhibits
in and around Los Angeles, California, Shreveport, Louisiana,
Hot Springs, Arkansas and Prescott Arizona and has received
several awards for her unique images.
Her work represented here is the result of experimentation
with polaroid images. Some of the images were created by direct
manipulation of the polaroid emulsion. Other images were created
by transferring the emulsion to water color paper and then manipulating
the images. These small images are then enlarged and sometimes
manipulated further to produce the final art work you see here..The
resulting images seem to bridge the gap between photography
and painting in the final expression of Linda's vision of the
beauty inherent in all things.
Larry has been producing art since
1971. He spent 18 years working as a commercial artist and photographer
and returned to fine art as his primary focus in 1996.
His work represented here is the result of exploration of a
new medium ; the computer. The finished digital art is made
from combining photography (both film and film less), illustration
and assemblage within the computer and manipulating the elements
into a new form.. Whether exploring the subconscious associations
in his Taos Dreams series of the color and texture of a landscape
in the dawn light, the computer has allowed a freedom from the
medium never realized with the paints he once used. In his art
he seeks expression of the iconic qualities of the mundane in
our lives. A more blunt way of saying that is that life is a
constant surprise to him and he tries to express his surprise
on paper.
All prints are made by the artists in their studio on 100%
cotton watercolor paper using archival pigmented inks. They
use a Colorspan Designwinder Inkjet printer which uses eight
colors and can print up to 3 ' X 4 ' images. They have been
using pigmented inks instead of the more popular dyes because
of the increased archival qualities of pigment.
