Clarice Smith was a traditional painter, trained through life drawing and oils. Her oeuvre encompassed florals, landscapes, still lifes, equestrians, and golf. From an early age, Smith was compelled to draw what she saw. This compulsion grew to convey the mood or feeling she felt from a particular scene. Although inspired by Impressionist artists James McNeil Whistler, Edouard Manet, and John Singer Sargent, her inner inspiration came from another place: “I compose paintings from the patterns I see in people, places, and things; striving to paint the moods they inspire,” she stated.
Headshot courtesy of John T. Consoli, University of Maryland
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