GORDON SMEDT

"I strive for boldness through color, paint application, and scale, complimented with a sense of intimacy through my close-up and straight forward perspective. It is my hope that the inspiration and delight I experience while creating my art in parts the same impression upon my audience. Art is one of the most challenging and rewarding things I live with. I'm constantly striving to elevate my work and pleasantly surprise myself and others along the way." -- Gordon Smedt

GORDON SMEDT Lived & Loved (17-works)
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GORDON SMEDT Wild West
Wild West
Oil on Canvas
48 x 54 in
GORDON SMEDT Orange
Orange
Oil on Canvas
60 x 56 in
GORDON SMEDT Primo
Aloha Primo
Oil on Canvas
56 x 48 in
GORDON SMEDT Bootiful
Bootiful
Oil on Canvas
54 x 48 in
GORDON SMEDT Delight
Delight
Oil on Canvas
48 x 70 in
GORDON SMEDT Faded Blues
Faded Blues
Oil on Canvas
60 x 60 in
GORDON SMEDT Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday
Oil on Canvas
36 x 84 in
GORDON SMEDT
Honeydew
Oil on Canvas
70 x 48 in
GORDON SMEDT Imagine
Imagine
Oil on Canvas
48 x 72 in
GORDON SMEDT Mary Ann
Mary Ann
Oil on Canvas
72 x 48 in
GORDON SMEDT Old School
Old School
Oil on Canvas
54 x 48 in
GORDON SMEDT Old Souls
Old Souls
Oil on Canvas
48 x 50 in
GORDON SMEDT Road Tripin
Road Tripin
Oil on Canvas
48 x 66 in
GORDON SMEDT WorkFlow
WorkFlow
Oil on Canvas
48 x 76 in
GORDON SMEDT California Dreamin
California Dreamin
Oil on Canvas
48 x 83 in
Sold
GORDON SMEDT Love Letters
Love Letters
Oil on Canvas
56 x 71 in
Sold
GORDON SMEDT Shooter
Shooter
Oil on Canvas
64 x 48 in
Sold

GORDON SMEDT Paintings (17-works)
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GORDON SMEDT And Blue
Stars and Stripes
Oil on Canvas
58 x 48 in
GORDON SMEDT SpicknSpan
Spick-n-Span
Oil on Canvas
36 x 36 in
GORDON SMEDT Steps
Steps
Oil on Canvas
72 x 54 in
GORDON SMEDT Recoil 1
Recoil #1
Oil on Canvas
40 x 40 in
GORDON SMEDT Kings Cap
Kings Cap
Oil on Canvas
48 x 48 in
GORDON SMEDT Wall Flower
Wall Flower
Oil on Canvas
50 x 48 in
GORDON SMEDT Heirlooms
Heirlooms
Oil on Canvas
48 x 48 in
GORDON SMEDT Splendor
Splendor
Oil on Canvas
67 x 48 in
Sold
GORDON SMEDT Sunday Morning
Sunday Morning
Oil on Canvas
70 x 40 in
Sold
GORDON SMEDT Saws
Saws
Oil on Canvas
48 x 52 in
Sold
GORDON SMEDT Jaws
Jaws
Oil on Canvas
58 x 48 in
Sold
GORDON SMEDT High Life
High Life
Oil on Canvas
40 x 44 in
Sold
GORDON SMEDT Harvest
Harvest
Oil on Canvas
48 x 48 in
Sold
GORDON SMEDT Sprocket
Sprocket
Oil on Canvas
78 x 72 in
Sold
GORDON SMEDT Tupperware Party
Tupperware Party
Oil on Canvas
48 x 48 in
Sold
GORDON SMEDT Steal Your Face
Steal Your Face
Oil on Canvas
60 x 48 in
Sold
GORDON SMEDT Cork Screws
Cork Screws
Oil on Canvas
54 x 60 in
Sold

GORDON SMEDT

GORDON SMEDT

GORDON SMEDT Biography

Residing in the Los Gatos/Santa Cruz Mountains, Gordon Smedt is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area. Gordon first studied art at San Jose State University before continuing his education at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena California where he was twice awarded merit scholarships and graduated with honors receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1986.  Smedt's paintings have been showing in distinguished Art Galleries for the past 35 years, and collected internationally.

GORDON SMEDT Statement

"In art school, my focus was portrait and figurative. After graduation, the lack of human models left me with the gift to paint everything else in the world. I focus on what intrigues and excites me personally, which are often objects familiar to most of us but far from obvious as typical subject matter. The majority of my subjects are inanimate objects yet I've never considered myself a 'still-life' painter. Rather I'm a figurative/portrait painter who doesn't necessarily paint humans. I can tell a more interesting narrative by painting clothing rather than a person wearing them. I've always painted large-scale canvases and feel this is an important aspect to my work. I'm bringing life back to these subjects and the large scale gives power and importance to something often forgotten, overlooked, or discarded.

I strive for boldness through color, paint application, and scale, complimented with a sense of intimacy through my close-up and straight forward perspective. It is my hope that the inspiration and delight I experience while creating my art in parts the same impression upon my audience. Art is one of the most challenging and rewarding things I live with. I'm constantly striving to elevate my work and pleasantly surprise myself and others along the way. "

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