“Almost 100 years ago, Dorothea Lange found inspiration away from her commercial salon in San Francisco. She was inspired by the figures in California camps, fields and living in theirContinue readingAfter Dorothea Lange Painting Series
Author: Mel Smothers
Mel Smothers is the American artist behind the Andy Dialogs, Islands, Mountain Lake, El Bote, After Dorothea Lange paintings and The Climes Are a Changin sculpture series.
“The Climes are a Chang’in”
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno Tahoe Artist Awards, “The Climes Are a Changin,” Finalist, September 2022. Blueline Arts award winner, March 2022, “The Climes Are a Changin.” “Mel Smothers bringsContinue reading“The Climes are a Chang’in”
“I PAINTED OVER ANDY WARHOL” 2005-Present
IPOAW was honored with selection by Cooper-Union to exhibit in the ‘Emerging Artists of the Year Exhibition, 2006’ in New York City. (click for bio page) Please click here toContinue reading“I PAINTED OVER ANDY WARHOL” 2005-Present
Musical Art
Solo Violin: When I’m painting, what interests me is the personal and taking chances on a new ways to see. Maybe something extraordinary happens. I’m finding the same true forContinue readingMusical Art
Crow Stories 2000-2003
ABOUT CROW STORIES. From 2000-2003 I had a studio in a barn on a walnut orchard near the University of California at Davis campus where I was teaching painting. EachContinue readingCrow Stories 2000-2003
WATERCOLORS
Islamorada Isolation #12 Watercolor sketch, signed and dated, 7” x 5” image, 12” x 9” framed, violin on Mel’s “180 Blues.” Isolation Key #15 Watercolor sketch, signed and dated, 7”Continue readingWATERCOLORS
Etchings
Good buddy and Tahoe master printer Ken McNutt left his press in my studio during winter of 2018-19. Andy Dialog #301, 11″ x 8″, Artist Proof, etching over giclee, 2018Continue readingEtchings
Mountain Lake
Mountain Lake The title for this series of paintings comes from Carl Jung and his research into human spirituality. He communicated with a Hopi Shaman named Mountain Lake. I continueContinue readingMountain Lake
Islands 2014-Present
STUDIO LOCATION: BACKROOM of PIVOT GALLERY 530 W. 25TH ST, #407, NEW YORK, NY 10001. map. Studio is open late Thursdays and Sat afternoons: click here to follow on Instagram. pleaseContinue readingIslands 2014-Present
Fishing 2016-2017
My fishing journal began in 2004 when I moved my art studio to New York City. I went from flyfishing the trout streams of the West to the unknown. IContinue readingFishing 2016-2017