The West Select (Phoenix Art Museum)
(Exhibition catalog)
2012Editor, Men's Arts Council, Phoenix Art Museum
94 pages (color)
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Born 1942. Known for: Rural figure-genre, landscape.
A Mormon artist and resident of Utah from 1968, Gary Ernest Smith creates wide-view, tonalist landscapes, many of them of cultivated farmland, based on his religious commitment to create work that is... Read full biography
A Mormon artist and resident of Utah from 1968, Gary Ernest Smith creates wide-view, tonalist landscapes, many of them of cultivated farmland, based on his religious commitment to create work that is uplifting to the human spirit. However, he does not regard himself as a painter for the sake of... Read full biography
A Mormon artist and resident of Utah from 1968, Gary Ernest Smith creates wide-view, tonalist landscapes, many of them of cultivated farmland, based on his religious commitment to create work that is uplifting to the human spirit. However, he does not regard himself as a painter for the sake of doctrine but more as one who uses universal symbols to suggest that all of life comes from Mother Earth. He is especially interested in landscapes that are out of the ordinary. His painting focus on... Read full biography
A Mormon artist and resident of Utah from 1968, Gary Ernest Smith creates wide-view, tonalist landscapes, many of them of cultivated farmland, based on his religious commitment to create work that is uplifting to the human spirit. However, he does not regard himself as a painter for the sake of doctrine but more as one who uses universal symbols to suggest that all of life comes from Mother Earth. He is especially interested in landscapes that are out of the ordinary. His painting focus on rural America stems from his background of growing up in rural Oregon. He regards himself as a Western artist because he focuses on issues of the West, but he is not directed to cowboy and Indian subject matter. Smith works primary in oil with palette... Read full biography
A Mormon artist and resident of Utah from 1968, Gary Ernest Smith creates wide-view, tonalist landscapes, many of them of cultivated farmland, based on his religious commitment to create work that is uplifting to the human spirit. However, he does not regard himself as a painter for the sake of doctrine but more as one who uses universal symbols to suggest that all of life comes from Mother Earth. He is especially interested in landscapes that are out of the ordinary. His painting focus on rural America stems from his background of growing up in rural Oregon. He regards himself as a Western artist because he focuses on issues of the West, but he is not directed to cowboy and Indian subject matter. Smith works primary in oil with palette knives because he believes they best maintain the clarity of the color, and most of his canvases are huge and panoramic. He is a gr... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (18)
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The West Select (Phoenix Art Museum)
2012Painters of Utah's Canyons and Deserts
2009Poulton, Donna L. and Vern G. Swanson304 pages (color)The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesPhoenix Art Museum Collection Highlights
2002Komanecky, Michael K. (editor)352 pages (color)Art of the West Guidebook of Western Artists 2001 Edition
2001Editors, Art of the West88 pages (color)150 Year Survey: Utah Art and Artists
2001Vern G. Swanson, Robert S. Olpin, Donna L. Poulton, and Janie L. Rogers160 pages (color)Holding Ground: The Life and Art of Gary Ernest Smith
1999Hagerty, Donald176 pages (color)Artists of America
1998
(Exhibition catalog)Bacon, Todd, Message for Denver Rotary Club108 pages (color)Artists of America Seventeenth Annual
1997
(Exhibition catalog)Denver Rotary Club92 pages (color)Leading the West One Hundred Contemporary Painters & Sculptors
1997Hagerty, Donald J213 pages (color)Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997Southwest Art128 pagesThe Art of Gary Ernest Smith Neo-Regionalist
1995
(Exhibition catalog)Smith, Gary Ernest46 pages (color)Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993Southwest Art64 pagesThe Red Book Western American Price Index
1993Southwest Art126 pagesBeing An Artist
1992Lehrman, Lewis Barrett138 pages (color)Utah Art
1991Swanson, Vern; Robert Olpin, William Seifrit252 pages (color)Form Color Symbol The Art of Gary E Smith
1988Smith, Gary E28 pages (color)