Liefje Smith

Liefje’s abstract paintings are driven by color and design. Coming from over twenty years of experience in the architectural design world, these themes are second nature in her expressions on canvas. Color becomes both form and design by creating rhythms of scale and inviting the viewer to continually explore the surface. The acrylic medium offers spectacular color and great flexibility allowing her to work quickly and with an improvisational spirit. Each painting, although flat, suggest various elements of space though the articulation of her fearless use of color. The work is executed in many layers providing endless possibilities for expression while allowing the viewer to interject personal meaning.

She has included images of birds in her latest work as per her statement: “ I feel a kindred spirit with their endless aesthetic gifts to our world.” She has placed birds in abstracts as well as loose trees or branches to anchor them in a pattern of color or nature’s architecture. She shares that “Completing the painting is a journey with sometimes unexpected turns expressing the energy of the day and rhythms of life.” It is her intention to express visual poetry that brings joy and intrigue to the viewer.

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