Stephanie Smith is a Kelowna-based artist who prior to moving
to the Okanagan in 1991, lived in the Lower Mainland, the Sunshine
Coast and Ontario. She obtained her Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts
in 1998 from the University of Victoria at Okanagan University
College where she specialized in drawing and printmaking. Since
then she has been actively showing and selling her work at various
venues around British Columbia.
ARTIST STATEMENT
In drawing the figure I am interested in the body as an inert
subject, where anonymity, apathy and aloofness become engaging
qualities along with (or in spite of) the appeal of nakedness.
The struggle which for me is the process of drawing, the constant
act of making a mark, then obliterating it, or smearing it away,
is what I think my drawings are really 'about'. The drawing of
the subject emerges as a record or a diary of this all consuming
activity.
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Clutch
Graphite and Pastel
26 x 20 inches
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Cold
Graphite and Pastel
26 x 20 inches
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Slump SOLD
Graphite and Pastel
36 x 24 inches
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Ghost Limb
Graphite and Pastel
9 x 9 inches
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Mid Turn
Graphite and Pastel
8 x 8 inches
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Two Left Feet
Graphite and Pastel
9 x 9 inches
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Walk
Graphite and Pastel
8 x 8 inches
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