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ARTIST: paul smith

   
   
   

About the artist:

CONCERNING MY HISTORY:
I was born in Milwaukee, WI in 1953. I grew up knowing only one established fact about my future: I would be an artist when I grew up. Seeing as though I was not adept at anything else, it seemed a natural conclusion anyway.

I am also a proud father of three inspirational and beautiful children, and recently became an extremely proud grandpa!

I have taken a BFA in Fine Art from Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design an ASC in Commercial Art and Illustration, and completed course work at Minneapolis College of Art and Design in Digital Animation/Modeling.

I currently live in relative peace in Lacey, Washington, deep in the heart of prime Bigfoot territory.

CONCERNING ART: I have come to the conclusion that art, per se, can be defined best as a complete reflection of the human condition. All that any artist can do is reflect and demonstrate their own experiences to others. Even a piece done strictly from imagination has deep roots in reality.

There are two arenas of art that I embrace. Fine art on the canvas/drawing board, and artwork executed on the computer. I have invested a great deal of
my gifts involved with oil painting, drawing, sculpture, writing and art history.

It is imperative that the artist operate with as much input as possible. An uninformed artist is in a tunnel, deprived of the vibrant influences one can only receive from interacting with others. This is especially true in art schools. An artist that refuses to advance in the disciplines is an artist on an island, and horribly limited.

CONCERNING BIGFOOT: I've been fascinated with the sasquatch since I've been able to read, and have sought out any and all I could read on the subject. Not an easy task, as back in the sixties, there wasn't a lot in public school libraries that embraced the topic. That I remember, there was one book only, entitled "Monsters, Myths and Legends" in my grade school library that I must have taken out a thousand times.

As I matured as an artist, I toyed with the idea of doing a sasquatch
illustration, but other projects and life demands prevented this. But toward the end of the 90's, I was completing the New Millennium Tarot deck that I had designed ( . . . a seven year project . . . ) and needed something fun to play with for a change. I started composing Bigfoot art about that time, and have really never stopped.

I am completely convinced of this animals existence. There have been far, far too many creditable reports, occurrences and encounters to simply dismiss the whole thing as a tabloid joke. In fact, the very idea that we have a wonderful animal like this lurking around our forests, mountains and wildlife areas and we as a culture refuse to embrace this stunning miracle has far greater impact on me than the idea of its existence.

I have never seen a sasquatch. It is one of my greatest hopes that I do
experience a sighting.

If you'd like to contact Paul Smith, you can email him at paul.smith7@comcast.net

Prints are currently unavailable for purchase

Material may not be reproduced in any form without express written permission of the artist.

 

 

 


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