Lucien Smith

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Lucien Smith is an American painter. His art usually explores various processes of painterly abstraction. He is especially good at capturing memories of the natural world and enjoys using nature for inspiration.

« For me, what's interesting is the archival state, or how long oil paintings last. »
Lucien Smith

Cats And Dogs

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One of his most famous collection of paintings were his 2011 abstractions known as The Rain Paintings.These were created by spraying fire extinguishers filled with pain at the canvas for generate an original impact and effect.

« People understand what art is supposed to look like, and so it's easy to make something that looks like art but isn't - especially in an abstract form. »
Lucien Smith

More recently, in 2014, Smith produced Tigris, which was a show of eleven camouflage patterned paintings that were decidedly abstract in nature. His brushstrokes are now often very loose and especially effective in painting rivers. Tigris was about an ancient body of waters. (Artist website) Read More

United States / male artist / Process Art / Gestural / Conceptual art / Found Object / Abstract art

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Lucien Smith

Cats And Dogs, 2012

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What is Gestural?

Gestural is a term which describes painting with freely sweeping brush strokes. The main goal of gestural art was to allow the artist to physically portray emotional impulses. Viewers were thought to understand inner artistic thoughts revealed through the varied, yet expressive paint marks.

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