“Whether I print or paint in black and white or color, I want to present what at first seems like straightforward images,
but if you look closer you’ll find lines and layers, shapes and shades, all design within design”. -Angela Gaffney-Smith

Angela Gaffney-Smith is a watercolor painter and printmaker based in Saugerties, New York.
Born in Birmingham, England, she moved with her family to the United States from Ontario, Canada.
Today, Angela's studio is located in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains.

Education and experience

B.A. SUNY New Paltz, Magna Cum Laude
Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY

Inspiration

Angela's other interests include her woodland garden, stonework from the quarry on the property, and sewing;
especially with tulle. There is a connection with the light, airy quality of tulle and watercolor versus the solid,
direct line of printmaking and bluestone.

Reviews

…an artist in command of her medium and in touch with her subjects…
Ray Steiner, Art Times, Vol. 10, no. 3

..Gaffney-Smith’s monotypes are outstanding…Kingston Daily Freeman, April 2001

“The vibrant colors, strong composition and a might talent for drawing evident in Angela’s paintings belie the challenges of watercolor. The medium is difficult to master, but when a painter does master it, as Gaffney-Smith does, the results are outstanding.” Catskill Guide magazine, November 2007

Selected Exhibitions

May 2010 NINE – 9 Artists-9 Days
Invitational Show
Clove Church Studio and Gallery
Saugerties, NY 12477

May 2008 The Hudson Valley – A Perfect “10”
Ten Women Artists
Shelley K. Gallery
Partition Street
Saugerties, NY 12477

November 2006 Solo Show - “Drawings”
Woodstock Artists Association and Museum
28 Tinker Street
Woodstock, NY 12498

May 2005 Northeast National Juried Pastel Exhibition
Adirondack Arts Center at Old Forge, NY 13420

December 2004 Relief Prints in Woodstock
Kleinert-James Art Gallery
34 Tinker Street
Woodstock, NY 12498

May 2003 Solo Show – Blue Mountain – the Prints
Half Moon Gallery
18 Market Street
Saugerties, NY 12477

April 2001 “The Chicken and the Egg”
14 Arts, Photographers & Craftspeople
Art Society of Kingston, NY

September 2000 New York Society of Etchers
First Exhibition of Prints
National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park S.
New York, NY

Awards

October 2012 Woodstock Artist Association and Museum, Juror’s Choice,
Alan Koff Award

May 2011 Woodstock Artist Association and Museum, Lucille Blanch Award

Membership

Woodstock Artist Association and Museum
Art Society of Kingston
Greene County Council on the Arts
Sacandaga Valley Arts Network