Evening Majesty with Gary Ernest Smith

Join artists Gary Ernest Smith for a presentation that will provide insight into the artist and the art he has created during his long and illustrious career.

Program will be followed by a short walk to the Bonner David Galleries for a reception where you can see Gary’s work hanging in the gallery, sip wine, and nibble on appetizers, and purchase a catalogue signed by the artist.

Lauded by critics and collectors alike, the art of Gary Ernest Smith resonates in the mind and memory of contemporary America. Over the past years his one-man shows have attracted the attention of collectors from coast to coast. His three-year exhibit, “Journey In Search of Lost Images” hung in 22 museums and institutes across the United States. Gary Ernest Smith was raised in a rural farming community 25 miles northeast of Baker City, Oregon. Following years of artistic training and experimentation, subject matter began to emerge based on the artist’s background of a rural lifestyle that celebrates the values of hard work and self-reliance. These aspects of Smith’s life came together and became the catalyst for his distinctive style. Living in the west, his work is primarily of that region, but it is not western in the traditional sense. Although it defies precise classification, the artist considers his style “minimal” and seeks to express the essence and simplicity of each subject. Whatever the focus might be, his work expresses the artistic elements of bold form and color. These two components become the vehicle that melds the style and subject into a symbolic visual language, expanding the artistic appeal beyond the west to captivate the attention of a sophisticated urban audience.