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Linda Denosky-Smart

Artwork by Linda Denosky-Smart

In the forest                                      Mother and daughter       Horses

           


Linda Denosky-Smart

Artist’s Statement

As an artist, intuition generally trumps any theme, subject, or specific concept with which I might begin. However, I do have themes that persistently reappear in my work: images originating from childhood memories and family stories that often evolve into emotionally-toned “place” paintings; Ancient looking sites full of textural layers suggesting continuity across time and space; inner journeys, which, as paintings, evolve into abstraction; figures, in their placement telling of family relationship and estrangement; dream imagery, where, as symbols, image placement is significant; and flowers, abstracted and speaking of perceived qualities of a specific time and place. At my best, my process is about searching and discovery, rather than about what I already know.


EDUCATION
1968-1970 State University of New York, Oswego, NY
1980-1982 Russell Sage College, Troy, NY, BA, Visual & Performing Arts
1988-1990 Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, MAT-C Art Education
2001 Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Ma (Summer Workshop)
2002 Fine Arts Work Center (Summer Workshop)
2002-2000 Cambridge Studio School, Cambridge, Ma
2005 Fine Arts Work Center (Summer Workshop)

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
1981 Sage Women’s College Gallery
1982 Sage College, Albany Gallery
1992 RISD Art Teachers’ Exhibition
1996 AS-220 Art Teachers’ Exhibition and Auction
2000 Kraus Gallery Art Teachers’ Exhibition
2004 Warwick Museum of Art, RI Open Exhibition,“Best in Show”
2005 Kraus Gallery Art Teachers’ Exhibition
2005 Space at Alice Gallery Solo Exhibition
2005 Warwick Museum of Art Solo Exhibition
2005 South Kingston Art Museum All Media Exhibition
2006 Providence Art Club open media show
2007 Hera Gallery associate members’ Group Show
2007 Gallery Z “Listen to your heart” Group Show

GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Gallery Z Permanent collection, 2006-present