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10 East Broughton Street
Savannah, GA 31401
Wendy Cooper [email me]
Hours
Tuesday - Saturday
12-5 p.m.
(or by appointment)
phone: 912-236-0221
Artists
Daniel E. Smith
Savannah, GA
As an artist, I have been fortunate to have a rich and
deep set of life experiences which contribute greatly to
my work today. Every experience, from my early life in
Brooklyn, New York , growing up in a very large family,
and then through years of dedication to teaching as a
member of a teaching order of monks, has provided me
with vision and insight that is a framework for my art.
With my community's support, I left the order to take a
masters level in painting at Savannah College of Art and
Design and became a full time artist in 1999. I have been
fortunate studying China at the Central Academy of Art
and Design in Beijing as well as during a painting
sabbatical near Sienna, Italy. Presently, my work is in
collections in Australia, Aruba, Antigua, Canada, China,
England, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, and
throughout the USA.
My first museum show at The Telfair Museum of Art in
Savannah, Georgia was in 2005 and 12 paintings are
included in the permanent collection.
The love of color and form, a belief in the affect and
effect of environment, and the excitement of
communicating experience generate these paintings. A
commitment to awareness allows created environments
to inform and change my understanding. The paintings
you see are moments of such awareness, contemplated,
and allowed to develop into statements of belief.
Each expanse prompts the solitary nature of the effort to
understand and experience. Each structure suggests the
communal aspect of that struggle. Allusions to
human-created, utilitarian spaces, and ordered glances of
a natural world are my chosen vocabulary. The grammar is
light and color. Painting decisions persist as thesis. The
meaning is influenced by your entering the world I share
with you.
