MEET R. SMITH
WHAT ROLE DOES ART PLAY IN YOUR LIFE?
I’ve had an artistic ability all my life and I’m passing it on to my children who are doing great things with their own art and style. What inspires me is seeing my finished work and seeing what I’ve created and doing work rarely seen.
2023 Identity 2 Exhibition
IDENTITY STATEMENT
I’m a Native American from Mille Lacs Reservation and what makes me who I am is what I am and who I want to become in the life I’ve lived and knowing what I know now and learned. I would like to be known as just an average Joe in my community who is looked up to and not looked at as well as not judged by my past. Actions speak loud and clear for me from the point of my arrest to now and beyond. Making more of a name in the art world means a great deal to me and giving others a glimpse at a colorful look at me is worthwhile.
Side one: Day of the Dead Theme
Side two: A drawing I converted into beadwork
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