Jaime Danielle Smith

I have had many conversations with people who do not like abstract paintings because they can’t understand them. They want the solution instead of asking questions. My answer is always that the art needs to be felt, not understood. If my paintings can evoke any kind of emotion, then I have succeeded.

I am driven by the process of creating - I rotate the canvas multiple times and have multiple layers. It is a therapeutic process where I just put paint to canvas. I use Asemic writing to enhance the element if mystery and intrigue, as well as oil pastel, pencil, graphite and chalk.

There is the appearance of text but with a mysterious vacuum of meaning which is left open for the viewer to interpret. I find it a meditative expression of listening to my thoughts, intentions or affirmations and then allowing the substrate to drift along the canvas. Sometimes it is slow and soft, and other times fast and frenetic.

I do not have an end goal, but rather let the painting appear through the chaos at which point I change my tone and become more delicate and soft, focussing on the details and allowing the composition to take shape.

KunstSommer im KPM-Quartier 14 August - 5 September 2020 KPM Quartier, Berlin

KUNST3 im Palais am Lenbachplatz December 2020 (cancelled due to Corona) Lenbach Palais, Munich

“Protege” Pop Up Exhibition 8 - 30 January 2021
Cape Town, South Africa

20 Stars Charity Auction May 2021
Online

Kunst3 in der Villa Haar June 2021
Villa Haar, Weimar

Kunstschaufenster Weimar August 2021
Weimar

ICDO Art. Sustainability. Peace Virtual Exhibition September 2021
Online

Kunst3
22 - 31 October 2021 Große Burstah, Hamburg

‘She’
13 - 22 May 2022
Große Burstah, Hamburg

“Mapping My Past” First Solo Exhibition 13 - 22 May 2022
Große Burstah, Hamburg

“Kunst Aus Süd Afrika” Pop Up October 2022
Sois Blessed, Munich

South African Art Pop Up
10 - 19 November 2022
Horel Saratoga, Palma de Mallorca

“Abstract” Collective Exhibition 25 November - 9 December 2022 Mrs Toolip Art Gallery, Barcelona

“New Beginnings” February 2023
ARTSY Online Exhibition

South African Exhibition
1 - 23 February 2023
Mrs Toolip Art Gallery, Barcelona