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Renay Smith
Artist Statement
Renay Smith is an artist who investigates the relationship between everyday objects and scenes and their ability to evoke emotions and create a nostalgic and sometimes humorous reflection on time and place. She works with synthetic polymers on canvas and in graphite and charcoal on paper, and also focuses on linocut relief printmaking with strong graphic elements of landscape and distinctive objects. With a deep sense of affection for a time before global wholesale cultural clichés, her works reinterpret commemoration and adoration.
Biography
Renay's early career as a Graphic Artist evolved into painting and printmaking, and in recent years her creative practice has encompassed imagery that contemplates the commonplace and incongruous, unloved fauna and collective memories from the recent past. Renay joins Downlands under the collection of Aspire Gallery (Brisbane, Qld).
Influences
Renay's influences include Fauvism, Japanese printmaking and Pop Art
