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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.
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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.

Themes
Gord’s inspiration comes from observing everyday work and relaxation activities that often go unnoticed as we speed through life. Abstracting scenes we see from our car windows or during a walk invests them an iconic quality, prompting us to reflect on them in a different way. Gord’s own work background helps him understand and admire what working people do to build and maintain the structures we rely on daily. Isolating these moments allows us to reflect on how work connects us to our environment.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022    FCA Victoria, Spring Exhibition "Fresh Start" 
​2022    Fairfield Artists Studio Tour 
2022    Goward House Portrait Painters Exhibition 
​2021    FCA Victoria, Fall Exhibition "Passages" (Juried)
2020    Sooke Fine Arts Show (Juried)
2020    FCA "Painting on the Edge" (International Juried Exhibition and Competition)
2020    FCA Spring Exhibition "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)
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