The Artist

    Creating, constructing, learning and inventing are what I like to do.  I have created art most my life. Much of the time it has  not been expressed or recognized as art.  Things like song writing, playing guitar, drawing, detailing, designing and fabricating have always been what I liked to do.

I have reached a point in life where I have the time and resources to devote  to art  for the sake of art. After several years of manipulating photography, I have started painting with acrylics. I hope you enjoy my work and your comments/critiques are welcomed--Mike Smith  

The Art

    I  manipulate photography and paint with acrylics. I like freeform unrestrained art. I am drawn to images that are interesting for what they do in terms capturing and holding the viewers attention. I like images that trigger the imagination. I often imply objects and scenarios and let the viewers mind complete the picture. I guess what I am trying to say is that the visual impact/affect is what makes them interesting not necessarily their structure or composition.