linda smith

LINDA SMITH

LINDA SMITH

Bleicher/Golightly Gallery 1431 Ocean Avenue

Santa Monica, CA 90401 310.451.9983

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Dog 30 x 30 inches

Acrylic on Canvas

Untitled 24 x 30 inches

Acrylic on Canvas

Curatorʼs Introduction Lindaʼs work is a wild display of pattern, color, and texture through her paintings and ceramics. Her expressive language was inspired by Picasso and Matisse, as she emulates their usage of bright colors and their graphic style. Each piece of artwork whimsically takes us on a journey through her life and comments on present day social issues. Using the motif of bodies and heads she expresses the human condition through expressive detail. This characteristic makes her artwork relatable and approachable while still sometimes dealing with darker areas of the psyche.

Cat #1 8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on Canvas

After Velasquezʼs “The Toilet of Venus” 8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on Canvas

The Couple 10 x 8 inches

Acrylic on Canvas

Cat #2 10 x 8 inches

Acrylic on Canvas

Aphrodite in the Garden #1 10 x 8 inches

Acrylic on Canvas

Aphrodite in the Garden #2 10 x 8 inches

Acrylic on Canvas

Yellow Cat 10 x 8 inches

Acrylic on Canvas

Red Dog 10 x 8 inches

Acrylic on Canvas

Couple, Red Cat, Dog 10 x 8 inches

Acrylic on Canvas

Redhead & Dog 10 x 8 inches

Acrylic on Canvas

Cat #3 10 x 8 inches

Acrylic on Canvas

After studying painting at SUNY, Buffalo, I went on to get an MFA in film from NYU and then moved to Los Angeles from New York City. In Los Angeles, I began painting again and started exhibiting my work. My work is inspired by my daily life, a mix of relationships with people, cats and dogs, along with inspiration from art history from the early Greeks to more contemporary art . I am really influenced by Picasso, Leger and Matisse, and of course Viola Frey, Robert Arneson and the Funk movement up in Northern California. In 1996 I started working in ceramics, and presently work with clay and glazes creating ceramic sculpture. Itʼs an exciting medium. I love to explore with color pattern and shape, using my imagination, Whether it be in painting , prints, mosaics or sculpture my imagination takes over. Art is basic to my life, and it gives it joy, struggle and meaning.

Untitled 24 x 30 inches

Acrylic on Canvas

Dream Dogs & Cats Acrylic on Canvas

Untitled 24 x 30 inches

Acrylic on Canvas

Untitled 40 x 60 inches

Acrylic on Canvas

Cat Dream 1 9 ¾ x 7 x 8 inches

Ceramic

Figure and Cat 20 ½ x 10 x 14 ½ inches

Ceramic

Big Taupe Dog 26 ½ x 24 x 13 inches

Ceramic

Yellow Dog

9 ¾ x 7 ½ x6 ½ inches Ceramic

Two Facend with Red Lips 17 ½ x 9 x 9 inches

Ceramic

Cat and Figures 18 x 16 x 16 inches

Ceramic

Woman Cat Vessel 26 ½ x 17 x 17 inches

Ceramic

Reclining Woman Vessel 15 ½ x 19 x 13 ½ inches

Ceramic

Redhead and Animals 10 x 10 x 11 inches

Ceramic

Orange Cat Figures 17 x 17 x 16 inches

Ceramic

Figure, Cats, Faces 15 x 10 ½ x 10 ½ inches

Ceramic

Dreaming with Cat 14 x 13 x 14 inches

Ceramic

Redhead, Dogs and Cats Ceramic

Cat Dream 2 14 x 6 x 8 inches

Ceramic

Dreaming 15 x 13 x 9 inches

Ceramic

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