DOUG SMITH in American Art Collector…Congrats!
Born in San Francisco, Doug Smith’s artwork is a clear nod to the Bay Area Figurative Movement that flourished during his midcentury youth. His pieces suggest the aesthetic of Richard Diebenkorn as well as the reassuring rural imagery of American regionalism. This inspiration and his years as a graphic designer/art director, allow Smith to focus on strong organization, color, balance and texture in his paintings. Doug combines the exuberance of abstract expressionism and the arresting intimacy of the realistically familiar.…