BIOGRAPHY
Eileen E. Smith, Artist
New York, New York - The artist, Eileen Elizabeth Smith, was born in New York City on May 8, 1967. She is the daughter of artist Alvin Smith and the late Pauline J. Smith, an educator. Ms. Smith, a life long resident of New York City, also spent some of her formative years in Dayton, Ohio. Living in an artistic environment and exhibiting proclivity to express her inner most thoughts and feelings through art, she attended the Arts Students Leagues starting at the age of eleven. Ms. Smith has continued her art education at most of the prominent art schools in New York City, i.e. The School of Visual Arts, Parsons, and The New York Studio School. Ms. Smith received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Mount Holyoke College in 1989. Presently Eileen Elizabeth Smith continues to create works that are daring and expressive. Viewers respond on an emotional level .
My Background
My Inspiration
My Background
When I was in preschool, my favorite time of day was when I was allowed to draw and paint. As I got older, this love never faded and eventually I went on to study art at some of the most elite Art Schools in New York City.
My Medium
My Inspiration
My Background
I use many different mediums, such as oil, acrylics, watercolor, pastels, and found objects. I believe that working in a single medium is restrictive to my artistic process. Each idea manifests in its own individual style.
My Inspiration
My Inspiration
My Inspiration
My inspirations are emotive, based on life's challenges and experiences. I work from raw emotions expressing my feelings through visual arts many mediums such as watercolor and pastel.