Clarice Smith: Power & Grace

Apr 11, 2014 - Sep 28, 2014

Clarice Smith: Power and Grace on view from April 11 to September 28, 2014 at the National Sporting Library & Museum, in Middleburg, Virginia, offers a comprehensive range of the artist’s equestrian subjects. The exhibit spans over thirty years with almost forty paintings from the early 1980s to the present. Smith’s racing scenes, the equestrian subject for which she is best known, are well represented in the exhibition. Influenced by several traditions, she seeks to convey an interpretation of the moment, sometimes riotous, and at other times tranquil. Equestrian subjects inspire her; “I see the horse as a dynamic beautiful form; a combination of power and grace.”

Clarice Smith (American, contemporary)
Leaving the Gate, 2011
oil on canvas
22 x 56 inches
Collection of the artist

Clarice Smith (American, contemporary)
Dead Heat, 1999
oil on canvas
58 x 36 inches
Collection of the artist

Clarice Smith (American, contemporary)
Horse Huddle, 2009
oil on canvas
18 x 30 inches
Collection of the artist