ABOUT Gordon D Smith
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Gordon D Smith is a Vancouver Island artist working in charcoal, graphite, pastel, oil and acrylic. He has a background in graphic design, life drawing, figurative painting, computer graphics and business management.
Gord studied fine art and graphic design at Douglas College and graduated with an Associate in Graphic and Communication Arts diploma. He applied his visual communication skills to private business and government, recently retiring from the BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure as manager of web design and the BC Highwaycam program. Gord is currently an active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA) Victoria Chapter. His work has appeared in the Sidney and Sooke Fine Arts Shows and has garnered awards in FCA juried Exhibitions. While he explores various subject matter, he prefers to classify his artwork as "genre” painting — portraying people involved in work or regular day-to-day activities. About My Themes My inspiration comes from observing everyday working and relaxation activities that often go unnoticed until they are captured out of context of their situation. Isolating scenes we see everyday from our car windows, or during a walk gives them an iconic quality that we may miss as we speed by. Because of my own past as a labourer and in transportation I admire what these people do in the background to build and maintain the structures we rely on every day. Even scenes of relaxation and play relate to work in some way. Isolating these scene allows us to contemplate and appreciate how their work connects to us as part of our living environment. I hope my paintings allow for that kind of reflection. |
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Sooke Fine Arts Show (Juried)
2020 FCA "Painting on the Edge" (International Juried Exhibition and Competition)
2020 FCA Spring Show "Looking In - Looking Out" (Juried)
2019 Sidney Fine Arts Show (Juried)
2019 FCA Victoria, Spring Exhibition, Victoria BC (Juried)
2018 Sidney Fine Art Show Sidney BC (Juried)
2018 FCA Victoria, Fall Exhibition (Juried)
2018. FCA Spring Exhibition (Juried)
2017 Sidney Fine Art Show, Sidney BC (Juried)
2020 FCA "Painting on the Edge" (International Juried Exhibition and Competition)
2020 FCA Spring Show "Looking In - Looking Out" (Juried)
2019 Sidney Fine Arts Show (Juried)
2019 FCA Victoria, Spring Exhibition, Victoria BC (Juried)
2018 Sidney Fine Art Show Sidney BC (Juried)
2018 FCA Victoria, Fall Exhibition (Juried)
2018. FCA Spring Exhibition (Juried)
2017 Sidney Fine Art Show, Sidney BC (Juried)
Awards
2020 1st Place, FCA Spring Show "Looking In - Looking Out" (juried)
2018 3rd Place, FCA Victoria, Spring Exhibition, Victoria BC (juried)
2018 3rd Place, FCA Victoria, Spring Exhibition, Victoria BC (juried)
