Gallery Ehva ~ Contemporary and Early Provincetown Art

Provincetown

Gallery Ehva

Contemporary & Early Provincetown Art

Ewa Nogiec, Director

Gallery hours:
Mon-Tue 11am-6pm
Wed-Sun 11am-8pm

provincetown
contemporary artists

James Bakker
Cid Bolduc
Rachel Brown
Daniel Cleary
Barbara Cohen
Didier Corallo
Daniel Dejean
Donna Dodson
Rob DuToit
William Evaul
Jenny Fragosa
Lorrie Fredette
Edward Giobbi
Wendelin Glatzel
Julie Gorn
Iren Handschuh
Myrna Harrison
Alicia Henry
Jenny Humphreys
Leslie Gillette Jackson
Zehra Khan
Jane Kogan
René Lamadrid
MP Landis
Bill Liebeskind
Jay McDermott
Kevin McDermott
Andy Moerlein
Ewa Nogiec
Fawn Potash
Meg Shields
Richard E. Smith
Sterck/Rozo
Lisa Ventre
Michael Walden
Rob Westerberg

Special Collection:
Richard Baker

Sculpture Garden (outside):
A Boat for the Impossible Journey: Andy Moerlein
Elevation: Andy Moerlein
Listening for Lightning: Andy Moerlein
Wind: Donald Gerola

74 Shank Painter Road
P.O. Box 1426
Provincetown, MA 02657
508-487-0011
www.galleryehva.com
art@galleryehva.com

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Visit great sites about art & Provincetown:

ProvincetownArtistRegistry.com
iamprovincetown.com

Richard E. Smith

Box Constructions

Gallery Ehva: Richard E. Smith

Richard E. Smith, Provincetown Harbor, 1985

Richard Smith, The Great Wave

Richard Smith, The Great Wave, 2010, carved mulberry burl wood,
14-3/8" x 12-1/4" x 2-1/2"

Artist's Statement

I was born in January, 1951, in Corning, New York. From an early age I loved to draw, to build models, to use my Dad's woodworking hand tools, and to play musical instruments. I have continued to do these things my entire life.

My father's ascending career involved moving our family fairly often. I attended 5 different schools before finishing high school. Returning to Buckhannon, West Virginia, a place we had lived while I was in grade school, I attended West Virginia Wesleyan College for two years. I then transferred to The Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore. At best I was always an unenthusiastic student and dropped out after a year and a half.

In the summer of 1976 I came to Provincetown as a scholarship student at The Provincetown Workshop. Leo Manso was the teacher there and he made a big impression on me. The beauty and history of Provincetown made it easy to want to stay at summer's end. I lived there for 18 years. During that time I lived and worked in some wonderful studios, and showed my work in various galleries in Provincetown and Wellfleet. I am pleased to say my work can be found in the permanent collections of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum and the Cape Cod Museum of Art.

In l994 after twice visiting friends in the San Francisco Bay area, I decided to move to California. Although I'm quite content here, in some sense Provincetown was and always will be 'home.'

I have worked a variety of full-time jobs most of my adult life, but always found time and space for creative activities. Drawing, painting, collage, assemblage, woodworking, and home improvement - I guess I'm a guy who makes stuff. Like many artists, I am most content when I am alone and working.

I stubbornly continue to make "things" with a love of materials, a respect for good craftsmanship, a sense of playfulness and mystery, and a deep seated hope that they will interest someone else.

-- Richard E. Smith

Richard Smith, "Flak" box construction

Richard E. Smith, Flak, 2009, box construction

Richard Smith, "Flat Earth" box construction

Richard E. Smith, Flat Earth, 2008, box construction

Richard Smith, "Jumprope" box construction

Richard E. Smith, Jumprope Nightmare, 2009, box construction

Richard Smith, "L'Enfant Aux Rocher" box construction

Richard E. Smith, L'Enfant Aux Rochers, 1985, box construction

Richard E. Smith, box construction

Richard E. Smith, The Flower of the South, 2009, box construction