Jean Smith, Artist

I have painted this theme before, three daughters. These sweet girls are the daughters of Singapore. Their dad works the International Furniture Market in High Point, NC. My dear artist friend who works with him[…]

Happy Birthday to my youngest son! This is his rescued pup, Chancho. He’s a sweet boy. Chancho has his own Instagram following #Chancho_the_Chiweenie. Chancho 14×11 oil on panel

I started this painting in a different way – with movement. Music is going, big canvas, lots of room to move… With pencil in hand the marks were grand swirling gestures. Then I saw the[…]

So how does that happen? A commissioned prophetic painting? Here’s what I got from the client: babies, anchors and the color navy. I told this to an artist friend and she just blurted out a[…]

I came across this commission piece. I never met the woman who commissioned this in person. She saw my art, mostly portraits, in a coffee shop in downtown Winston Salem. She called and sent photos[…]

I find it fascinating to see the images that people choose to represent themselves. Facebook opens up the world in ways we cannot imagine. A glimpse into the lives we had no idea that even[…]