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Keith Linwood Stover - Curator
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The Cyber Art Show
"Bringing the Museum to You"
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
“I am inspired by my own travels. Places and people offer me new scenarios and feelings to pour into my painting. Europe, USA, Asia, all cultures suggest diversity, to which I want to be the eye witness. On the other hand, art is a lens that translates the outside world for me to understand it and connect to humanity.
My way to achieve this is either paint on location, or take notes and draw sketches when I travel. I strive to work by memory, which requires a deeper observation; I select only what really reso-nates within. If I use my own photos I draw an edited version of the subject. Then I decide my own color arrangement, according to my mood and pre-mix a limited number of colors on my palette. At this point the brushwork should be (or at least appear) the easiest and most effortless. In other words, the painting should paint itself!
Ultimately I want the viewer to get lost in a timeless story. It's my highest reward. And a bet every single time.”
- Image of the Day -
"Eno River Sunrise"
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Gallery #650B
April 7, 2018
Twelve Pieces by Contemporary Artist
Chad Matthew Smith (Born 1970)
 Chad Smith - Eno River Sunrise |  Chad Smith - Brilliance |  Chad Smith - Guardian of Market Street (plein air) |
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 Chad Smith - Joe's Inn |  Chad Smith - River Crossing |  Chad Smith - In For Repairs (plein air) |
 Chad Smith - Piece of History (plein air) |  Chad Smith - Seasoned (plein air) |  Chad Smith - Heritage (plein air) |
 Chad Smith - Stanley Theater Autumn (plein air) |  Chad Smith - Glorious Sunset |  Chad Smith - Mountain View |
Feature Artist Bio
By permission of the artist, The Cyber Art Show is pleased to feature the second of two 12-piece exhibitions of works by American painter
Chad Smith (born 1970 in Lebanon, Indiana).
Chad Smith spent his formative years exploring woodlands, streams and ponds that imparted an unshakeable love for the landscape. The focus of Smith’s work is the changing light and mood found only in the outdoors. He can be found painting in the field year-round in every season. Smith prefers a direct-yet-studied approach to his landscape plein air painting that melds the benefit of observation with sound artistic principles. It has been said that his work is “Not just ‘a scene’ but a real statement about something, yet not forced or melodramatic.”
Chad has participated in landscape plein-air painting events from the East Coast to the West. In 2011 he spent a month painting and teaching in Ireland.
Smith has gallery representation in New York, Colorado, Maryland and Florida and has shown in numerous juried exhibitions and invitationals. He is also a member of the prestigious Salmagundi Club in New York City and the American Impressionist Society.
Originally from the Midwest, Smith currently resides in New Hartford, NY with his wife Erin and chocolate lab Sargent.
Selected Exhibitions
2017
- Solomons Plein Air Festival, Richmond, Solomons Island, MD September 18-24
- Southern Light One Man Show, Eno Gallery, Hillsborough, NC April 28-June 30
- Oil Painters of America, Annual National Juried Exhibition, Eisele Gallery, Cincinnati, OH May 12-June 24
- Plein Air Richmond, Richmond, VA June 18-25
(Judge) Plein Air Paint Out, Kinston, NC June 10
2016
- Plein Air Richmond, Richmond, VA June 20-26
- Easels in Frederick, Frederick, MD June 13-17
- Wayne Plein Air Festival, Wayne, PA May 9- 14
- (Judge) Cary Paint the Town En Plein Air, Cary, NC June 10
- (Judge) Artist League of the Sandhills, Absolutely Art, Aberdeen, NC June 5
- (Juror) 34th Annual Juried Spring Art Show and Sale, Wilmington, NC April 8-10
2015
- Group Exhibition, Laffer Gallery, Schuylerville, NY Oct. 24-Nov.29
- (Judge) Paint Out Wilmington, Wilmington, NC Oct. 11-17
- Solo Exhibition Gallery 3040, Old Forge, NY July 23
- Wayne Plein Air Festival, Wayne, PA May 17- June 27
- Finger Lakes Plein Air Festival, Canadaigua, NY June 7-14
- Easels in Frederick, Frederick, MD June 15-20
2014
- Solo Exhibition, Gallery 3040, Old Forge, NY August 1
- Finger Lakes Plein Air Festival, Canandaigua, NY June 4-8 (Best of Show)
- Crested Butte Plein Air Invitational, Crested Butte, CO July 11
2013
- Plein Air Richmond, Richmond, VA June 10-13
- Plein Air Easton, Easton, MD July 15-21
- Door County Plein Air Festival, Door County, WI July 22-27
- Plein Air Vermont, North Bennington VT, September 3-8
- Trenton Falls Arts Festival, Trenton Falls, NY September 21-22,28-29
http://www.chadsmithpaintings.com/about/
Chad M. Smith's
OFFICIAL WEBSITE
http://www.chadsmithpaintings.com
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
“As an “on the spot” painter, I find great satisfaction in capturing the immediacy of the moment. I liken this to Jazz improvisation. The more practiced and skilled one is the more clarity and meaning one brings to the “performance.”
My process is simple, search a location set up my easel and paint. Working outdoors allows any number of variables from weather to interested onlookers. Sometimes it is a wonder I get any work done, which makes the successes that much sweeter.
I paint subjects that resonate both personally and visually. It is when the viewer gets a similar visceral response to the work I know I have touched on something important. More than anything else my work is autobiographical in nature and each piece is a summation of my experience as a human being and artist to that point.”
