Seth Smith

Seth Smith. Born 1980 Wichita, KS and attended the University of Kansas. B.F.A. in Painting and
Printmaking. Lives and works in Overland Park, KS
Seth has many private and corporate clients in the US and all over the world including the H&R Block
Collection and The University of Kansas.  My work has always relied heavily on themes of escapism and longing. As a child, I found a box of postcards in my grandparent’s camper and I would spend hours poring over them, studying the colors
and themes. My palette and subject matter are heavily from those memories. It’s haunting to me. I’m
always searching for light, shadow, color, and atmosphere. Always trying to paint something that feels
alive and attracts the senses. The sound of a silent prairie and distant coyote, the ocean wind on my skin
and its sweet smell, the buzz of an old vending machine outside a motel.