Artists Represented

Artist Statement:

A majority of my artwork and illustrations utilize strong contrasts of shadow and light, allowing the casual scenes to gain a dreamlike quality and take a step away from waking life. Some folklore archetypes I reclaimed and gave new definitions within these "unrealities"; the crescent moon for example comes from the Nordic stories that depict the satellite as a male deity. The moon represents that unknowable aspect of nature, the secret motions behind rhythm and emotion. It also embodies meditation and self-exploration, a search for definition and identity.

Christian mysticism also serves an important part in my work. It permits a personal channeling of energy, a religious/mystical experience in modern times. Although based in realistic terms, such symbols can be hard to translate beyond their mystery. They exist as a duality, both myth and history, spectre and human. In the end, a greater involvement between viewer and image is created, allowing for the creation of personal symbols and private myths.

Biography:

David-Glen Smith's painting and prose have been published in a variety of journals across the United States including such cities as Minneapolis, St. Louis, New Orleans, and Atlanta. Over the past ten years he served as graphic designer, editor, and illustrator.

Currently residing in Atlanta, Georgia he is working on a manuscript of acrylic paintings accompanied with prose. David-Glen Smith was born in Bryan, Texas in 1964. He received a MFA from Vermont College at Norwich University in Montpelier, Vermont and a MA in English/American Literature from the University of Missouri at St. Louis, Missouri.

Blue Hour 

Acrylic on paper

Unbecoming

Becoming the Faun 

Acrylic on paper

Kyle as a Figure of Desire

Eros as a Young Man 

Acrylic on paper