David Raymond Smith has been a social worker, carpenter, artist, and sculptor. David shifted from wood sculpture to drawing while grappling with changes in his abilities brought on by dual diagnoses of Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson’s Disease in 2012. He is now a prolific maker of drawings, which explore and blend memories, dimensions, and realities.
His mark making is expressive and urgent; blending sensitivity and openness with humor and experience. Although beautiful on their own, the drawings’ titles offer portals into the narrative layers conjured and recorded within the bounds of each page. The work is challenging and simultaneously brings delight; inspires laughter, curiosity, awe.
This booklet marks a February 2020 exhibition of David Smith’s drawings and sculpture at Life in 10 Minutes in Richmond, Virginia. The show was spearheaded by David’s daughter, Valley Haggard, curated by Llewellyn Hensley, and facilitated by Tim McCready.
