Smith Gary | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography
Smith Gary
- United Kingdom
- Painter
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I seek to represent the small details that no one pays attention to.
Gary was born in Cannock, a small English town in the West Midlands near Birmingham. He painted and drew from an early age. After completing one year of courses at Stafford College of Art, he studied graphic design at the University of Coventry. In 1987, he moved to London and began a career as an art director in advertising. For twenty years, he maintained his drawing skills by creating visuals and advertising mock-ups for the most important London agencies.
In 2009, he decided to start his own business; this independent status allowed him to reconnect with his first love, painting. He has been exhibiting since 2012 and carries out multiple private commissions worldwide. He currently lives in London.
Caravaggio, Rembrandt or Edward Hopper are among Gary's main artistic influences.
He works oil painting with a knife in a figurative style (portraits, landscapes, still lifes). Fluid and natural, his actions seem to forget the long years spent perfecting his technique. The artist finds inspiration while walking at the seaside or in the lively atmosphere of the city. Bright and colourful, his works celebrate the spectacle of ordinary life: a gull skimming the surface of the water, a man covering his head with a newspaper to protect himself from the rain, a pigeon mimicking passers-by, a row of glittering scarlet payphones in the fog... Beyond the realism of the subject, Gary wishes to capture the atmosphere of emotionally charged moments.
Currently this artist is only exhibited in our online gallery.
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- 2017Dol Y Nant' exhibition at the Castle GalleryCriccieth, United Kingdom
- 2015Exhibition 'Observers' at the Cloisters ChambersLondon, United Kingdom
- 1987Moved to LondonLondon, United Kingdom
- 1957BirthCannock, United Kingdom
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Shadow
25 x 25 cm3.950 TRYSmith Gary
Lighting Up
13 x 13 cm1.550 TRYSmith Gary
The Spa
36 x 36 cm6.450 TRYSmith Gary
Overview
36 x 36 cm6.450 TRYSmith Gary
The Kiss
25 x 25 cm3.950 TRYSmith Gary
Round midnight
25 x 25 cm3.950 TRYSmith Gary
Looking Elegant
25 x 25 cm3.950 TRYSmith Gary
Pedalo
36 x 36 cm6.450 TRYSmith Gary
Roof Pool
36 x 36 cm6.450 TRYSmith Gary
Skyscrapers
19 x 19 cm2.250 TRYSmith Gary
City Jazz
36 x 36 cm6.450 TRYSmith Gary
Maiden Tower
36 x 36 cm6.450 TRYSmith Gary
Tea
13 x 13 cm1.550 TRYSmith Gary
Simit Vendor
19 x 19 cm2.250 TRYSmith Gary
Hammock
19 x 19 cm2.250 TRYSmith Gary
Maiden
13 x 13 cm1.550 TRYSmith Gary
Sunbathing
25 x 25 cm3.950 TRYSmith Gary
Canvas
13 x 13 cm1.550 TRYSmith Gary
Market
19 x 19 cm2.250 TRYSmith Gary
Embrace
25 x 25 cm3.950 TRYSmith Gary
Old Man
13 x 13 cm1.550 TRYSmith Gary
Impressionist
25 x 25 cm3.950 TRYSmith Gary
Blue Note
36 x 36 cm6.450 TRYSmith Gary
Artist
36 x 36 cm6.450 TRYSmith Gary
Manhattan Skyline
36 x 36 cm6.450 TRYSmith Gary
Swing
19 x 19 cm2.250 TRYSmith Gary
Shiner
36 x 36 cm6.450 TRYSmith Gary
Orange Seller
36 x 36 cm6.450 TRY