Restoration
Acrylic/Mixed Media works by Nina J. Smith depicting a Recovered Past, Answered Prayers and Hope
In 1965, Nina (pronounced 9-ah) Smith was born in Rome N.Y., a rural area surrounded by dairy cows, rolling hills and rivers. Her surroundings were replaced by flat countrysides, fields of corn and soybeans when she moved to Indiana in 1997. As Georgia O’Keeffe said, “Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest”,
In her early years, she often doodled in a notebook or on poster board with a ballpoint pen. Her maternal grandfather encouraged her to develop her talents. Nina began her education in advertising and design at a community college and then transferred to Buffalo, N.Y. where she majored in graphic arts. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Design In 1989.
Nina is self-taught in the realm of acrylics and the technical side of the fine arts, but found herself greatly influenced by pop artist James Rosenquist and surreal artists Rene Magritte and Frida Kahlo while wandering the galleries of the Albright-Knox Contemporary Museum in Buffalo, N.Y.
Some of her paintings have a surreal quality, but she tries not to limit herself to one type or style. She prefers experimenting with texture, color, found objects and several different mediums to convey a personal story. With only a title as explanation, Nina asks the viewer to interpret the piece for themselves, and then join her on her journey.
The drive and over-ambition to achieve a sense of self-worth through art, has often contributed to many artist's demise. To avoid this pitfall, Nina began embracing the Gift Giver (God) and now finds her art inspired with honesty. “Art and life are often distorted by logic,” Nina says, “just as faith and emotion are warped by over-analyzation and a human filter wanting to explain everything by science, politics, or law, rather than a simple trust in our own inherent beliefs”.
The paintings and mixed media pieces in this online exhibit are a representation of Nina's restoration. Some pieces represent a past no longer dwelt upon, others a present filled with determination and a will to change and to be changed. Still others look toward a future filled with hope on a journey toward wholeness in testimony to the ultimate artist, God.
Acrylic/Mixed Media works by Nina J. Smith depicting a Recovered Past, Answered Prayers and Hope
In 1965, Nina (pronounced 9-ah) Smith was born in Rome N.Y., a rural area surrounded by dairy cows, rolling hills and rivers. Her surroundings were replaced by flat countrysides, fields of corn and soybeans when she moved to Indiana in 1997. As Georgia O’Keeffe said, “Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest”,
In her early years, she often doodled in a notebook or on poster board with a ballpoint pen. Her maternal grandfather encouraged her to develop her talents. Nina began her education in advertising and design at a community college and then transferred to Buffalo, N.Y. where she majored in graphic arts. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Design In 1989.
Nina is self-taught in the realm of acrylics and the technical side of the fine arts, but found herself greatly influenced by pop artist James Rosenquist and surreal artists Rene Magritte and Frida Kahlo while wandering the galleries of the Albright-Knox Contemporary Museum in Buffalo, N.Y.
Some of her paintings have a surreal quality, but she tries not to limit herself to one type or style. She prefers experimenting with texture, color, found objects and several different mediums to convey a personal story. With only a title as explanation, Nina asks the viewer to interpret the piece for themselves, and then join her on her journey.
The drive and over-ambition to achieve a sense of self-worth through art, has often contributed to many artist's demise. To avoid this pitfall, Nina began embracing the Gift Giver (God) and now finds her art inspired with honesty. “Art and life are often distorted by logic,” Nina says, “just as faith and emotion are warped by over-analyzation and a human filter wanting to explain everything by science, politics, or law, rather than a simple trust in our own inherent beliefs”.
The paintings and mixed media pieces in this online exhibit are a representation of Nina's restoration. Some pieces represent a past no longer dwelt upon, others a present filled with determination and a will to change and to be changed. Still others look toward a future filled with hope on a journey toward wholeness in testimony to the ultimate artist, God.
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