Creator Record
Metadata
Name |
Smith, Breck |
Other names |
H. Breck Smith |
Dates & places of birth and death |
B. 1953, Natural Bridge, Virginia |
Nationality |
American |
Notes |
Recently, Smith has been painting abstractions using a method that is similar to a technique reportedly used by the 17th century Japanese haiku poet, Basho. As the method was told to him, one of Basho's disciples recorded that Basho would seat himself before his paper and wait for the "space" between himself and the paper to "disappear". Then he would begin writing. When it seemed to that the poem had begun to occupy its own space, he would quit writing. The poem was finished. When Smith had completed "After the Monsoons", the pinkish background color in the painted reminded Smith of the colors of the saris of women Smith had seen at a Diwali celebration him and his wife had attended the night before. The vertical brownish marks were made by my palette knife scraping the wet paint downward. These marks remined him of the rains that had recently occurred in Bangladesh which had been discussed at the Diwali party. Thus the title "After the Monsoons." Had an Exhibition at the GMoA in 1999. |
Places of residence |
Holly Springs, North Carolina; Natural Bridge, Virginia; Buis Creek, North Carolina |
Role |
Artist |
Titles & Honors |
Professor and Head of the Art Department, Campbell University, Buis Creek, North Carolina 1989, North Carolina Visual Art Fellowship, North Carolina Arts Council |
Education |
BA, Studio Art, Averett College, Danville, Virginia MFA, Drawing and Painting, University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
