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Born 1929 St. Louis, Missouri. Known for: Sculptor-abstract female figure.
Known for her stoic portrayals of women, Shirley Thomson Smith creates sculpted figures that seem a combination of Indian, Mexican and African, silent and thoughtful, suggesting the strength and... Read full biography
Known for her stoic portrayals of women, Shirley Thomson Smith creates sculpted figures that seem a combination of Indian, Mexican and African, silent and thoughtful, suggesting the strength and endurance of humanity. She was deeply influenced by a move she and her husband made in 1953 from... Read full biography
Known for her stoic portrayals of women, Shirley Thomson Smith creates sculpted figures that seem a combination of Indian, Mexican and African, silent and thoughtful, suggesting the strength and endurance of humanity. She was deeply influenced by a move she and her husband made in 1953 from Oklahoma to Durango, Colorado. Traveling into the Southwest, she came into contact with Native Americans, especially Navajo women, whom she found fascinating. But it was about five years later, after a... Read full biography
Known for her stoic portrayals of women, Shirley Thomson Smith creates sculpted figures that seem a combination of Indian, Mexican and African, silent and thoughtful, suggesting the strength and endurance of humanity. She was deeply influenced by a move she and her husband made in 1953 from Oklahoma to Durango, Colorado. Traveling into the Southwest, she came into contact with Native Americans, especially Navajo women, whom she found fascinating. But it was about five years later, after a return move to Oklahoma, that she started to include them as subject matter. In 1980, she became a full-time sculptor, and in 1985 was accepted as a member of the National Academy of Western Art, only the fourth woman to have been admitted. She works with... Read full biography
Known for her stoic portrayals of women, Shirley Thomson Smith creates sculpted figures that seem a combination of Indian, Mexican and African, silent and thoughtful, suggesting the strength and endurance of humanity. She was deeply influenced by a move she and her husband made in 1953 from Oklahoma to Durango, Colorado. Traveling into the Southwest, she came into contact with Native Americans, especially Navajo women, whom she found fascinating. But it was about five years later, after a return move to Oklahoma, that she started to include them as subject matter. In 1980, she became a full-time sculptor, and in 1985 was accepted as a member of the National Academy of Western Art, only the fourth woman to have been admitted. She works with water-based clay, without armatures and without a model or preliminary sketch and photographs continuously while working. She has mold... Read full biography
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- What's NewsSeptember 2004Editors, Art of the WestArt of the West
- Sculptural SplendorJuly 2004Stavig, VickiArt of the West
- Courage and BeautyOctober 2001Indyke, DottieSouthwest Art
- The best of the west: CA/CO/NM/TXApril 2001Editor, Southwest ArtSouthwest Art
- What's NewsApril 2001Editors, Art of the WestArt of the West
- Substance & GraceAugust 2000Preston, MarciaWildlife Art
- Prix de West PreviewJune 1999Editors, Southwest ArtSouthwest Art
- A Sculptural Tribute to Native AmerJanuary 1997Stavig, VickiArt of the West
- American Women ArtistsNovember 1996Carmen, ShariSouthwest Art
- Bottom LineAugust 1996Brown, Margaret LSouthwest Art