I have a Masters in piano performance from Peabody Conservatory and good portion of my life has been devoted to the study of classical music. While in the Doctoral program, amidst teaching and a previous good fortune of recording a CD, disenchantment set in and perhaps a bit of dissolution…nonetheless clarity came back and I have relatively recently decided to paint (although music still dictates how I react to life). Paint, and its elusive properties, has confused me, which is good, and I look forward to continuing the exploration of its possibilties. At present I do not have alot of time to paint, actually have been keeping ridiculous hours so I have some time, but usually can add a new painting every 5 or 6 days. Feel free to e-mail me.
Fred Smilde hosts Ethnic Art and is a member of 1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture , * Painted Ladies *, ! 100% !, "Real" Life Artwork (No Photography), * Painted Nature *, *Avant-Garde Art*, Abstract Art, Abstract Realism, All Abstract Art, All Out Emotion, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Animal Kingdom, Animal Portraits, Artrageous RB Artists - Self Portrait Gallery, Back In Black ( sorry~NO PHOTOGRAPHY), Beauty of The Human Body , Bubbler Portraits, Capturing Emotion, Core [C.O.R.E], Creative, Talented, and Unknown, EMI - The Group, Equine Art and Photography, Everyday Women, Experimental, Feel, Don't Copy, Fine Art approaches to Figure and Face, Fine Arts, First Things, Friends of RedBubble, HAND DRAWN OR PAINTED FOOD OR DRINKS, Hands, I Recommend , If it doesn't belong, Imaginative Realism, Impressionism Café, Masterpiece: Art, Moody, Dark, Evocative (no nudes), Outsiders, Painters In Modern Times, Raw Art, Realist Traditional Art, Self as Other, Self Portrait, Shameless Self-Promotion, Solo Exhibition, Strictly Human Faces , The Artistic Nude, THE FRINGE, Vibrant and Vivid Color, Wolves & Wild Kin and Wolves in Art.