Talenthouse

Semi-abstract oil paintings that explore the place where our inner and outer worlds meet.
The work looks at the interdependence of contrasting and often contradictory realities or viewpoints; the idea that in order to truly appreciate beauty and light, one must allow for the necessity of the dark truths that are as much a part of our lives as the innate pull towards hope. Order and chaos, the cerebral and the instinctive, sacred and profane- each requires the other.
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Location United States, New York, New York

Bio Born in Harlow, Essex, England, New York-based artist Samantha Keely Smith moved to the United States as a child with her family. Smith grew up for the most part in New Jersey, but also spent time in Michigan.

Smith started her College Education at the School of Visual Arts, NYC. She also attended the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, earning her BFA in Painting, with Honors.

Since 1999 Smith has exhibited her work in several venues, including her Solo Exhibition at the prestigious ACA Galleries in 2005, which comprised an overview of her work from 1999 to 2005 and included 20 paintings.

Influences I am much more inspired by Music, Literature and Film than by most Visual Art....BUT, there are SOME PAINTERS I really really LIKE and who have inspired me: Anselm Kiefer, Frank Auerbach, Antoni Tapies, Klimt, Joan Mitchell, Egon Schiele, Cy Twombly, Mark Rothko, Chaim Soutine, Whistler, Turner, Delacroix, Ingres, Caravaggio, Courbet, and of course, the genius, Rembrandt.

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