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Oil on Board by Larry Smitherman

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Oil on Board by Larry Smitherman
Depicting a man bathing in a river. The painting was used for the cover of the August 1967 edition of True West magazine, which is included. Image size 8" x 10". In wood frame 16-3/4" wide x 18" high. Larry Smitherman (1940-present) was born in West Texas on a small ranch During high school he realized that his life would be shaped by his art. He enrolled in the Art Instruction Schools (a correspondence school) and learned of the demands of becoming a professional artist. Searching for a more structured art education, Smitherman enrolled in the Colorado Institute of Art in Denver, Colorado under the direction of John Jellico. He graduated after four years of study in commercial and illustrative arts. During this time he had the opportunity to study under Charlie Dye, co-founder of the Cowboy Artists Association of America. For ten years he pursued his career as a western illustrative artist with his work being featured on the covers of True West, Frontier Times, Old West, The West and The Cattleman magazines and calendars, greeting cards and notes. He provided poster design for Lamar Briggs, Romaire Bearden and Earl Linderman; publication design for Four Winds and the original Southwestern Art magazines; catalog designs; book design for the Dallas Museum of Art, Houston Museum of Fine Art, Texas Monthly Press, Jenkins Publishing, Jenkins Garrett Press and Presidial Press.Smitherman is also known for his work as a portrait artist. He believes that a portrait must be more than a well drafted likeness of the individual. Establishing a rapport with the subject is critical and finding that inner essence of personality and transferring it to the portrait is the most important part of his artistic approach. Often, the finished work evokes not only the inner qualities of the individual, but reflects the relationship between the subject and Larry himself giving a dynamic to the finished work that cannot be found in photographic portraiture.