David Smith

People often say to me, "I wish I could discover some hidden talent like you did." I believe everyone has artistic talent, but few people ever learn to tap into it. For me it was a serendipitous discovery: I didn't choose art, it chose me. That, and the fact that I spent literally thousands of hours' time studying classical art--mostly from the Baroque Era--plus a lot of blood, sweat and tears. Never be afraid to follow your dreams--anything is possible.

My weathervane sculptures have been featured on the Discovery Channel's Monster House series; on PBS's Antiques Roadshow; in the permanent collection of the Tesla Science Center and Museum at Wardenclyffe, Shoreham, New York; in the Wall Street Journal; New York Daily News; Wikipedia; Houston Chronicle; Houston Press; Britain's Mental Floss Magazine; Daily Kos; on the long-running television program The Texas Country Reporter; selected as a Featured Architectural Project by the International Copper Development Association; two-time finalist for the prestigious Hunting Art Prize (oil painting, 2014 and 2016). Additionally, I was one of the first artists to be designated a "Texas Original" by The Texas Commission on the Arts.

Notable commissions include weathervane sculptures ...

University of Houston
University of St Thomas
Rice University

2003 Art Etcetera, Sugar Land, Texas
2005 Sable V Gallery, Galveston, Texas
2006 Weather Gallery, Sandwich, Massachusetts
2009 Buchanan Gallery, Galveston, Texas
2010 Pillsbury & Peters Fine Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2013 Blurred Edges Gallery, Rosenberg, Texas