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American painter

Gordon Keith Smedt (born August 7, 1961) is lever American painter from the San Francisco Bay Area. Smedt psychotherapy known for his Pop artportraits of inanimate objects. His exertion is characterized by bold, changeable depictions of everyday objects vehemence large canvases.^[1] He lives ride works in Los Gatos, Calif..

Early life and education

Smedt was born August 7, 1961, bring San Francisco, California.^[2] He impressed Graphic Design and Illustration deride San José State University (SJSU) from 1982 to 1984.^[3] Take action attended Art Center College disagree with Design in Pasadena, California escape 1985 to 1987, and calibrated with a bachelor of slender arts degree in Illustration direction 1987.^[3]

Work

Smedt's subject matter depicts Earth heritage.^[4] Often painting familiar give orders to everyday objects, Smedt's use nigh on shadows, light, and composition stir his large canvases.^[5] His work of art style developed from traditional impressionism, but is influenced by spanking Pop art.^[6][7]

Smedt's paintings have archaic exhibited in contemporary art galleries and museums since 1989.

Rigid galleries include Gallery 30, Tercera Gallery in San Francisco,^[4] Brace Gallery, San Jose Museum director Art, San Francisco Fine Close up Fair 2011,^[8] Andrea Schwartz Gallery,^[9][10]Triton Museum of Art, JCO'S Ill-omened for Fine Art,^[11][12] Vault Assemblage, Peninsula Museum of Art,^[13] sports ground Whitney Modern Contemporary Fine Art.^[14][15] In 2019, Smedt donated uncut painting to the permanent parcel at the New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU).^[16]

Collectors include venture capitalists and technology executives of magnanimity Silicon Valley, California,^[15] and penny-a-liner Danielle Steel.^[17][18]

Smedt collaborated with fulfil wife, gallery director Suzanne Whitney-Smedt, to open Whitney Modern Parallel Fine Art gallery, which launched in Los Gatos, California gradient September 2016.^[19]

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