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Meet local artist Tad Smith a talented graphic designer and fine artist creating stringing pop style portraits and abstract works based on nature.

Smith Was traditionally trained as a graphic designer and currently runs The Design Idea Graphics, a successful graphic design business based in Gilbert for over 20 years.  Many have may seen Smith's work throughout the east valley, including a variety of campaigns  most recently for for the city of Chandler. His portrait style is simple and minimalistic with a contemporary twist, often reminiscent of Roy Lichtenstein or Patrick Nagel. Tad works from photographs and when asked about his process he said, “by reducing a portrait to simple lines and flat colors, I create a visual representation that makes my subject effortlessly beautiful.”  Smith also creates abstract paintings which echo the colors and texture of nature often incorporating found remnants of Earth. His latest series is titled “Sedona” using earth tones as well as incorporating red rocks from Sedona. 

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Last year Smith received rave reviews for his portrait exhibition that featured some of Chandler’s most respected and valued citizens. This exhibition included stunning portraits of prominent figures of the Chandler community such as Dr. AJ Chandler, Eddy Bashas Jr., Laurie Fagen, and Mary Poindexter to just name a few of the twenty portraits that wee exhibited.This year Smith returns with a follow up solo exhibition of portraits continues to pay tribute to a fascinating selection of community leaders which the artists says have greatly contributed to the city of Chandler through the years. Working closely with Visual Arts Coordinator for the City of Chandler, Eric Faulhaber, Smith has created twenty new portraits for "The Chandler Portraits". 

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This exhibition is on view at both Vision Gallery as well as the Chandler Center for the  Arts opens to the public on Friday, March 20th. The artist reception for Smith will be held this Saturday, March 21st from 2-4pm with the opportunity to meet Smith. This exhibition will be on view through April 25th. Be sure to check out the beautiful exhibition catalogue Smith created from last years exhibition view it here: http://issuu.com/tombstonetortoise/docs/exhibitionallloFor more about this wonderful artist and his artwork visit:http://www.thedesignidea.net/#!contact-us/c1ger. For more details about this exhibition and upcoming events at Vision Gallery visit: http://visiongallery.org/. *Images courtesy of artist Tad Smith.

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