Tremain Smith: We Are Here, 2019, oil, wax & graphite on paper, 30" x 22"

About:

My artistic concerns center on portraying physical and spiritual beauty through the elements of painting. The lines, shapes and colors are mappings of the unseen as I visually explore internal landscapes.

"If you live by inspiration then you do what comes to you." This quote from artist Agnes Martin has led me my entire career. I let the process take over, guiding and absorbing me. I take risks by expressing emotion and freedom in mark-making while simultaneously finding wisdom in structure and restraint. Both convey my concern for exploration, discovery, and healing through the language of painting.

I have recently made public my practice of responding to my paintings with writing, thus my creative process now combines both languages. The writing spontaneously explores what is mined in the painting.

We Are Here

We communicate in this place
this space
No words
just presence
silent
intense
hidden
We are here
all swirls around us
through us
in us
The never ending play of space
Full + thick
strange + confusing
it doesn't matter
We are here

that's what matters

Bio:

Tremain Smith has four works in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Her work is in corporate and private collections across the country. She has had dozens of solo exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Scottsdale, Maine, Delaware, Florida and Hawaii. Group exhibitions include SOFA Chicago, Art Miami, the Painted Bride, the Philadelphia Art Alliance, and the USArtists American Fine Art Show.

www.tremainsmith.com