ANDREA SMITH ~ BIOGRAPHY
Andrea
Smith, world peace artist, philosopher and peace activator was born and
raised in Detroit and graduated from Wayne State University with a
Bachelor of Arts degree. She moved to Maui, Hawaii in 1981. She has been
referred to as a painter of the spirit and always depicted as a
colorist. Her work is created in an unusual outdoor studio where the
natural sunlight permeates into everything she paints. Andrea works in
acrylics, pastels and watercolors.
Smith
was an educator for over 10 years. Because of her intense feelings for
the educational system, Andrea’s imagery has been used by Prentice Hall
for creative writing exercise books at various grade levels throughout
the United States. This is an honor bestowed on very few people.
Andrea along with the former President of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Carazo developed the first Art For Peace Calendar in 1986, which has been published continuously since 1987 where her message of inner peace can be seen on a daily basis.
Smith
is devoted to world peace issues, and inner peace issues of the mind
and psyche. Her philosophy is in order to have outer peace, this world
peace that we all so desire; we must create the inner peace first. All
the work starts at home first, with us. Then we can take it to others.
Her
painting “Seeing Eye To Eye”, a visual representation of getting along
with others, graces the University For Peace in Costa Rica. This
organization was founded by the United Nations and Andrea Smith has been
lending her support for the past 15 years.
Andrea has been exhibiting her paintings and sculptures internationally for over 30 years. She has had exhibitions
in Japan, Indonesia, Egypt and Europe, as well as throughout the United
States. Presidents, dignitaries and ordinary citizens of countries
collect her paintings. She has also lectured and administered her
painting workshops for dignitaries, teachers, collectors and celebrities
around the world.
Smith
enjoys working with her friends such as Dr. Gerald Jampolsky and Dr.
Diane Cirincione, who founded the Center for Attitudinal Healing. She
tries to add an uplifting feeling to the facilities via her paintings
and spiritual message.
Her collectors
include the University For Peace in Costa Rica, Mrs. Anwar Sadat,
Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Eugenia Velikov, former President of Arts
& Sciences of the former Soviet Union, Rinaldo Brutoco, founder of
the World Business Academy, David Huis, Amsterdam, Holland, Rodrigo
Carazo, former President of Costa Rica, Art Agnos, former Mayor of San
Francisco, California, Shirley MacLaine, Roger Clemens and note worthy
authors Terry Brooks, Dr. Dean Ornish, Dr. Wayne Dyer and Eric
Lustbader.
In 1998, Andrea developed a very powerful workshop entitled Square One – A Metaphor For Life. This
painting experience allows the participants to focus on the joy of the
present moment via the medium of watercolor. She began to teach this
watercolor workshop to teachers, as well as business people in Holland
and the United States. Smith uses this workshop to call on people to
shift from the left side of our brain to the right side.
In 2000, Andrea Smith opened her first art gallery in Sedona, Arizona.
According to Smith this is a very special gallery to showcase her work
and travel around the world. The gallery promotes art through culture
and offers Smith a new venue to exhibit some of her more esoteric
creations.
The gallery offers a special journey, twice a year with Andrea as the host. Andrea has escorted her collectors to such areas as Bhutan, Egypt, Tibet and Borneo,
where the groups interact with the people and their culture on a daily
basis. At the end of each journey a special work of art is created that
is gifted to each member of the group.
Through Andrea’s travels she has been acquiring what she refers to as sacred art. This sacred art is showcased with her art in the gallery from the various places her travel leads her.
The name of the gallery is Andrea Smith Gallery Sedona. It is located at 336 Highway 179 in the prestigious Tlaquepaque Arts and Crafts Village in Sedona, Arizona.
Smith does 2 one-woman shows per year at her gallery in Sedona.
Andrea Smith Gallery
336 Highway 179
Tlaquepaque D102
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