
This installation is based on a trail in the foothills of the Cascade Range near Seattle. There is a looping video along with an ambient soundtrack. The multiple painted panels vary in depth giving extra motion to the piece. The whole piece includes paintings, tv, and industrial media player.

oil on panel, video
101 cm x 244 cm

Boulder Loop Trail

The installation consists of two inch deep painted panels, framed woodcut, video and audio. The 12 minute looping video captures an October afternoon in bit of urban wild in south Seattle. The video incorporates stenciled layers of the imagery in the paintings and the woodcut. These fade in and out in different patterns. The audio captures the sounds of the greenspace along with some distant coyote howls from the canines that are known to frequent the area.

oil on panel, woodcut print, video
183 cm x 152 cm

Cheasty Fall

The installation consists of two inch deep painted panels, two inch panels with woodcut prints, video and audio. The 12 minute looping video captures an afternoon in March on. Asahel Curtiss trail which is about an hour east of Seattle near Snoqualmie Pass. There are two different views of the trail which alternate during the loop. The video incorporates stenciled layers of the imagery in the paintings and woodcuts. These fade in and out in different patterns. The audio captures the morning sounds of the forest along with a river and the distant highway which can be heard at some spots on the trail. 

oil on panel, woodcut print, video
213 cm x 183 cm

Asahel Curtiss Trail


The inspiration for this work comes from the trails that wind their way up into the Cascade Range near Seattle. There are three looping video panels and an ambient soundtrack of a forest stream.

oil on panel, video
213 cm x 183 cm

Cascadia

A morning in November in Seattle's Seward Park is portrayed in this multi-discipline work. The imagery of the paintings is captured in stencils that are composited into the looping video. The audio consists of ambient park noise.

oil on panel, video
122 cm x 142 cm

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John Smither