Artist Reception Thursday, June 4th, 5-7 pm
On view May 27th-June 30th at 49 Geary Gallery
Maybaum Gallery is proud to present THRILLNESS, a solo exhibition from Danish painter Karen Smidth.
Through her nostalgia-tinged sight, Smidth examples the distinctive landscape and fresh, seaside color palette of Northern California. Working primarily with hilly, ocean-hewn surroundings, her compositions lead our eyes up and over into the beyond. “Thrillness,” writes Smidth, “the stillness of the land— the feeling of being both alone and part of the Earth— that is for me the most thrilling state of mind and body. It puts me right in the moment.”
Embodying of a characteristic tranquility, Smidth’s paintings are both a reflection of her personal history and an ode to the phenomenal views encircling the Bay Area.
“The landscape gives me a wonderful excuse to paint,” says Smidth of her inspirations. “It allows me to travel under the heavenly skies and search for the essential vistas and split seconds of time that will carry me through my next series of paintings.
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