The Estate of Gordon Smith

Gordon Smith (1919-2020) was a key figure in contemporary Canadian art. Since the 1950s, he worked continuously to expand the dialogue between abstraction and representation. In his tangled paintings, there is the insinuation of entire fields of colour below the surface. Over the course of his 75-year long career he has made paintings employing that procedure of looping and overlapping, the movement of line to line, texture into texture and colour into colour. His work has been an evolving search for balance between abstraction and his love of the land, which has given us insight into both the act of painting and the essence of the West Coast.

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Gordon Smith

Untitled

1996

Acrylic on canvas

  • 80" x 67"
Gordon Smith

Snow XXI

1996

Acrylic on canvas

  • 75" x 67"
Gordon Smith

Husky #3

2017

Acrylic and collage on canvas

  • 33 1/4" x 26"
Gordon Smith

Painting D II

2016

Acrylic on canvas

  • 46" x 60"
Estate of Gordon Smith

Installation View

Gordon Smith A Painter's Legacy
September 10 - October 15, 2022

Estate of Gordon Smith

Installation View

Gordon Smith A Painter's Legacy
September 10 - October 15, 2022

Estate of Gordon Smith

Installation View

Gordon Smith A Painter's Legacy
September 10 - October 15, 2022

Estate of Gordon Smith

Installation View

Gordon Smith A Painter's Legacy
September 10 - October 15, 2022

The Estate of Gordon Smith

Installation View, 2020

The Estate of Gordon Smith

Installation View, 2020

The Estate of Gordon Smith

Installation View, 2020

The Estate of Gordon Smith

Installation View, 2020

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