RHYTHM
NEW PAINTINGS BY JULIE SMITH
August 7th - 13th, 2020
Four Eleven welcomes Julie Shelton Smith in her first solo show at the gallery, Rhythm. Smith was born and raised in Texas. After receiving a BFA from the University of Texas, she moved to Aspen, CO where she attended the Center of the Eye School of Photography. After five years, she relocated permanently to the East Coast. In 1993, she received her MFA with Honors in Painting and Printmaking from Rhode Island School of Design. Smith has exhibited and lectured widely in the New England area. She has taught in the Continuing Education Department at Rhode Island School of Design, School One in Providence and St. George’s School in Middletown, RI, as well as Ah Haa School for the Arts in Telluride, CO. In 2000, Smith was awarded Best In Show by the Newport Art Museum for the Member’s Juried Exhibition.
About her current work, Smith says, ‘Although I spend much of the year in P’town and Newport, I also locate myself in the mountains of Colorado and the city of Minneapolis. During the pandemic, I’ve been walking and photographing the landscape a lot; it gives me peace from the fear and anxiety we’re all oppressed by these days. Painting these vibrant landscapes offers further respite. The flowers and abstracts are from fall 2019 when life seemed freer.’