Katty Smith

Bio / Artists statement

A practicing studio artist in New Smyrna Beach, FL, Katty began her art career by studying ceramic sculpture at Armstrong State University and Crealde School of Art. Katty received numerous awards in her eleven years of sculpting including ten best in show awards, was published in Spotlight Contemporary Art Magazine and Artfolio 2020. She began abstract painting in March 2020 and the transition is exciting and liberating to her. Katty won a gallery competition with a painting and had a solo exhibit in September 2021. Katty is represented by The Hub on Canal in New Smyrna Beach and belongs to numerous artists organizations to include The Florida Artist Group and Beaux Arts of Central Florida.

Finding one’s passion in life does not always appear early on and the longer you wait, the stronger that passion seems to be. Such is my story as an artist who made this discovery at age sixty-five and has never looked back. Sculpting images that depict the female human spirit began my journey which took on different looks along the way from very realistic to more contemporary sculptures that were finished in bold colors and textured surfaces, most conveying a story. A new direction has materialized in my creative mind as branching out into abstract painting has added a new spark of creativity and changed the way I view and understand art. Abstract painting allows a freedom of expression that was not available to me in the structuring of clay images.

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