ANN MILLER SMITH

ARTIST BIO

Ann Miller Smith creates art through a colorful lens and a love of pattern and texture. Utilizing painterly marks and loose brush strokes, her art evokes intuition and expression. Bold and unexpected color palettes are a distinguishable factor of her work, as well as a continuous experimentation with new elements and mediums.

Smith lives and works in Wilmington, North Carolina. She studied Studio Art at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (BA, 2021) and Fashion Development at North Carolina State University (BS, 2015). Smith’s work has been featured in All SHE Makes Magazine, Women United Art Magazine, Wilder: ROAM, and the Create! Magazine blog. She has been included in exhibitions and galleries, including Chroma, a group exhibition curated in collaboration with PxP Contemporary and Create! Magazine. Smith’s solo exhibition, Wanderlust, was featured in 2024 with Women United ART MOVEMENT.


ARTIST STATEMENT

Although the subject of my work often changes, experimentation with color is the cornerstone of every painting. As an artist and a former fashion designer, I have studied color extensively and recognize how subjective it can be. While it can elicit a range of emotions, I choose to use color to evoke joy in my work.

In addition to color interactions, my paintings explore the contrast of line and form. By combining flat pattern with dimensional objects, the canvas creates a space in which these contrasting elements harmonize. This work creates an opportunity to explore the dimensionality of myself as well. While gestural brushwork shows my hand as an artist, glimmers of my past life as a designer are intertwined in lineation. The creative process of this collection brought my worlds together within the layers of color, order and expression.