About

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.

Selected Works

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Gordon Smith

War Painting

2017

Acrylic on Canvas

  • 60" x 67"
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

The Estate of Gordon Smith

Installation View, 2017

  • Photo: Byron Dauncey
The Estate of Gordon Smith

Installation View, 2017

  • Photo: Byron Dauncey
The Estate of Gordon Smith

Installation View, 2017

  • Photo: Byron Dauncey
The Estate of Gordon Smith

Installation View, 2012

  • Photo: Byron Dauncey
Estate of Gordon Smith

Installation view

Estate of Gordon Smith

Installation view

Estate of Gordon Smith

Installation view

Estate of Gordon Smith

Installation view

Gordon Smith
A Painter’s Legacy

September 10, 2022 - October 15, 2022
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Gordon Smith
Through the Trees

September 8, 2018 - October 13, 2018
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Jack Shadbolt
The Ghost Universe

January 20, 2018 - February 22, 2018
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