Judith Smith

Coming from a background in medical illustration, drawing has always been my strength. Pastels afford me the opportunity of drawing and painting at the same time. I am generally wary of brushes; I love the direct involvement of pigment between hand and paper. For me, pastel is the only medium that truly captures and employs the electricity and intensity of color in painting. It is indeed “Magic Dust”!

Whatever I choose as subject matter, my focus follows form and color, then line, and always beauty. I believe that beauty is inseparable from power and content; these are important considerations in my work.”

B.A. in Art History - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
BSc. in Art as Applied to Medicine - University of Toronto, Canada
Professional Credits:

2023 - "Paint It Big" abstract painting workshop, Lewis Noble,U.K.
2014 – May, Taos, New Mexico, Intensive Studies Seminar: Skip Lawrence, Katherine Chang
Liu, and Christopher Schink
November, Littleton, Colorado, Special Studies: Stan Sperlak
2010 – May, Dakota Art, Mt. Vernon, WA. Special Studies: Marla Bagetta
2008 – June, Dakota Art, Mount Vernon, Special Studies: Diane Townsend
2007 – May, Gig Harbor, WA, Special Studies: Desmond O’Hagan
2006 – July, Dakota Art, Mount Vernon, WA, Special Studies: Alex Power
2005 – April/May, Taos, New Mexico, Intensive Studies Seminar: Skip Lawrence, Fran
Larsen, Katherine Chang Liu, Alex Powers, and Christopher Schink
2002 – December- Skagit Valley College, La Conner, WA, Special Studies, Rick Bartow
1999 - May - Port Townsend, Washington, Special Studies; Desmond O’Hagan, PSA
1998 - May - Port Townsend Washington, Special Studies; Madlyn-Ann Woolwich,
PSA,KA
1997 - July – Portraiture/Figure Study, Special Studies; Bob Gerbracht PSA, Asilomar, CA
1996 - September - Painting in Provence, Special Stud...

Bainbridge Museum of Art - Exhibition June to October 2023
Arts Walk Exhibition , Childhood's End Gallery October 2023