SMITH VARGAS FINE ART

I'm originally from Chile. I started painting at a very early age creating posters and graphics for high-end boutiques, and corporate companies in Santiago (my home town). I move to New York in 1985... My passion is paint on canvas. From this knowledge I see making movies as drawing with the camera and painting with the light. I paint in my gallery/studio Smith Vargas Fine Art... When I paint, I first work on the background. This technique allows the canvas to reveal me the subject; the media communicates the light, which let me create paintings that are diverse. I use acrylics. I glaze in between different layers of paints. Using this technique I reveal the colors and forms through the different layers.