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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Smith Gary
Impressionist
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The Kiss
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Artist
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Lighting Up
13 x 13 cm109 €Smith Gary
Maiden
13 x 13 cm109 €Smith Gary
Skyscrapers
19 x 19 cm170 €Smith Gary
Sunbathing
25 x 25 cm285 €Smith Gary
The Spa
36 x 36 cm480 €Smith Gary
Embrace
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Market
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Canvas
13 x 13 cm109 €Smith Gary
Roof Pool
36 x 36 cm480 €Smith Gary
Old Man
13 x 13 cm109 €Smith Gary
Round midnight
25 x 25 cm285 €Smith Gary
Looking Elegant
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Maiden Tower
36 x 36 cm480 €Smith Gary
Pedalo
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Manhattan Skyline
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Overview
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Shiner
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Tea
13 x 13 cm109 €Smith Gary
Shadow
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Blue Note
36 x 36 cm480 €Smith Gary
Swing
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Simit Vendor
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City Jazz
36 x 36 cm480 €