Presenting original paintings by noted 'Outsider' artist, Mike Smith. Smith’s work has been compared to other 'Outsider' artists, such as: Thornton Dial, Betty Brown, Missionary Mary Proctor, Purvis Young, William Hawkins, Joseph Hodge, Michael Banks, Ruby Williams and others. Smith is from Watertown New York. Like many talented artists, he was identified as an 'eccentric'. He suffered from personal demons, and his work demonstrates much raw emotion, and multiple facets of his dynamic personality. An example of his eccentricities is that he would paint a...more
