Artist Ed Smith Profile (2017)
Art Rocks!
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Art
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2017-03-24
Duration: 00:05:37
Subjects: Smith, Ed (Painter) | Arts | ARTISTS | Painters | BIRDS | Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)
Contributors:
- Fox-Smith, James Host
- Kendrick, Dorothy Producer
- Smith, Ed Interviewee
Description
This segment from the March 24, 2017, episode of the series “Art Rocks!” features producer Dorothy Kendrick’s profile of painter Ed Smith of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Smith is also a professor of painting and drawing at LSU. He discusses: being inspired by the bird life in Louisiana; the symbolism of the birds in his paintings; his technique for painting feathers; the inspiration behind several of his paintings; his love of oil painting; and his artistic process. Host: James Fox-Smith