| Smith Mine Print Series | |
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Worn and Torn Mixed media In the fall of 2005 on a Principia College Abroad to Montana I visited the old Smith Mine near Red Lodge, Montana. I had never heard of the Smith Mine Disaster of 1943 in which 74 miners died. The prints in this series are my response to this visit to the site. I have "mined" my portfolio of old paintings and drawings and reworked them into what I call a scaiting. Part screenprint, part drawing and part painting. |
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Smith 3 Each piece starts from an old drawing or painting. Layers and layers of screen printing are added. The text is from a newspaper account of the disaster. For more information on the event visit … |
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Smith 4 The depth… |
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Smith 5 Layers and layers of paint and prints build up a surface… |
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Smith 6 The surface… |
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Smith 7 Built on an old watercolor painting from my college days… |
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Smith 8 Large and wide…it feels like the big sky of Montana. |
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Smith 9 A good use for old watercolor paintings…breathing new life into an old arrangement of pigment. |
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Smith 10 Tall and vertical. |
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Smith 11 Thick and rich… |
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Smith 12 The disaster wiped out the town of … |
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Smith 13 Many of the old structures still stand… A white horse was penned in and when we passed later in the day the horse was in one of the buildings and looking out the window. A strange sight to behold. |
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Smith 14 Old acrylic paintings of rocks from the fall of 2003. |
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Smith 15 More rocks on rocks… |
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About Me
It all started with an Illustrator's Annual sitting on a library shelf. Flipping through the work I realized for the first time what I wanted in my life. Grad school followed and quickly a job in the commercial art world of Detroit. Cars and more cars. Ten years of this was enough. Off to teaching. Fifteen years of teaching and freelancing has brought me to this point in my career. I love to solve problems. I love the creative process. I am comfortable with all types of mediums with sports photography a passion. Living in the mid—specifically in southern Illinois—where it is hot and muggy in the summer—perfect weather for cycling.
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The Smith Mine Series has grown out of a visit to the area near Bear Creek Montana and Red Lodge Montana.
In the fall of 2005 blah blah blah