Cosmo to bloom

Artist Kevin Smith is exhibiting a series of new paintings titled ‘BLOOM’ at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Trentham across February and March.

These new paintings, created in his Little Hampton studio during the past three years, capture the townscapes and landscapes of the central highlands and beyond in Kevin’s colourful, vibrant, expressionist style.

The title BLOOM expresses the joy of being able to once again connect with the creative loving populace.

He says, “The time has come to help the creatives of the region to ‘bloom and blossom’ after being unable to exhibit and sell their works for the past three years” due to the pandemic.

Trained in Fine Arts at the National Gallery Art School in the 1960s, Kevin has been creating, exhibiting and selling his original works for almost 60 years. Winner of multiple awards including the Swiss Italian Landscape Prize, the Glenlyon Art Prize and the

Trentham art prizes for best oil, acrylic, pastel and sculpture.

People can meet the artist at the Cosmo on Saturday February 4 and 11, from 4pm to 6pm.