Sid Smith (born Brooklyn, New York, 1968) is an American artist.
“My intent in creating is to have poetic expression through the physicality of painting and my sculpture. I am very much into the process of building a painting, and lose myself in the creation of my paintings. If pressed for an explanation of why I did a certain piece a certain way I would have to say I was compelled to make it that way. Colour is an integral part of my work and I consider carefully my combinations and placement, finding inspiration in memories of things I have seen, and mood. Each piece begins as blocks and marks of colour with no concrete direction other than letting my brush and knife and colour find the canvas as they evolve along the way. I may add words, numbers, geometries and paint over them, rework them again, sand and carve through layers to excavate them to the surface again. I try to bring my memories, emotions and desires into a physical state on the canvas and hope that some of this is conveyed through my craft to the viewer. Bringing to my work those things that we carry with us and memories of what we have left behind. Ultimately my work comes into being for my love of creating and released so that I may keep evolving and honing my way of creating these pictures.”
[Oil on canvas, 60 x 36 inches]
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