Sallie K. Smith
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Every summer Sallie’s family traveled from her childhood Ohio home to the West. They visited Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming spending their two week vacations camping, hiking, horseback riding and rock hounding. Her artist mom painted and Sallie fell in love with the Rockies and its mountains, rivers and big sky.
Life just seemed to get in the way of Sallie’s start as a professional painter but when the time came her natural talent and years of exposure to art provided a fast start. Workshops from George Strickland, Matt Smith and Jay Moore took her work to the next level. She was recently chosen to be one of fifty artists included in the upcoming book Landscapes of Colorado. The publisher “…intends this book to be the definitive publication on Colorado landscape art for years to come.”
Sallie lives in the hills above Boulder, Colorado with her husband Jim and Katie, their 90-pound German Shepard.
Selected Activities
Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland, CO (2008)
Two Woman Show, Mary Williams Fine Arts, Boulder, CO (2008)
Two Woman Show, Paint Horse Gallery, Breckenridge, CO (2007)
Landscapes of Colorado, Robischon Gallery, Curated by Ann Daley, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (2007)
Nomadas Del Arte, Sage Creek Gallery, Sante Fe, New Mexico (2008)
Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters Annual Show, Elkhorn Gallery, Winter Park, CO (2007, 2008)
Plein Air Artists Colorado Annual Show, Denver, CO (2006, 2007, 2008)
Greeley Stampede Western Art Show, Greeley, CO (2007, 2008)
Flagstaff Star, Solo Exhibit, Mary Williams Fine Arts, Boulder, CO (2005, 2006, 2007)
Northern Colorado Artist Association, National Exhibition, Ft Collins, CO. (2005, 2006)
Representation
Mary Williams Fine Arts, Boulder, Colorado.
Philinda Gallery, Edwards, Colorado.
The Art Services Company, Denver, Colorado.
Grand Image, Seattle, Washington.
Publications
Southwest Art, Artist to Watch, October ‘07
Landscapes of Colorado, Fresco Fine Art Publications 2007
Southwest Art, Start Your Collection, February ‘07
Southwest Art, Best of the West, December ’06.
Boulder Daily Camera, Holiday Happenings, One Woman Show, December ‘06
Commissions
Boulder Chamber of Commerce. “Flagstaff Star”. 2005, 2006, 2007.
Boulder Marriott Hotel. Large canvases for public areas.
Boulder Community Hospital. Originals and giclee prints.
Collections
Judy Collins, Singer/Songwriter, New York, NY
“Tuffy” & Shirley Holland, Greeley, CO
Stephen Tebo, Boulder, CO
Olinger, Denver, CO
NTD Architecture, San Diego, CA
Great Western Bank, Boulder, CO
Education
Mentorship Program, Jay Moore
Private Workshop, Camille Przewodek
Scottsdale Artists’ School. Matt Smith, George Strickland
Longmont Art Academy, year-long workshop, Jake Gaedtke
Memberships
Plein Air Artists Colorado (PAAC), Signature Member
Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP)
Oil Painters of America (OPA)
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