It was four years ago when Smith’s
twelve-year-old son created an Instagram
account for him. Having established himself
as a successful painter with artwork in
Philadelphia’s Schmidt Dean Gallery, Smith’s
re-adaption into the world of photography
began with his iPhone.
“I started shooting everything. When
that range was limiting, I purchased a digital
camera.”
When asked how his creative communication
through painting and photography interacts,
Smith responded that, though the artistic
mediums may differ, the ideas for both forms
spring from “life experience”.
In each work, whether painting or
photograph, Smith seeks to “engage the
viewer and tell a story without disclosing
all the meaning.”
“While my paintings elicit a particular mood
rather than a place, my photography explores
the interactions that we have with our
environment. I seek to elicit a particular mood,
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