| PAT SMOOT (1925-2011) S.W.A. |
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A descendant of the D'Anza party, Patricia Jean Smoot was a fourth-generation San Franciscan. She was a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley with further studies at San Diego State University and the Laguna School of Art and Design. She studied with Prof. Rauschnabel, Erle Loran, Glen Wessels and Henry Schaffer-Simmern. Pat traveled to and painted in over 80 countries, traveling to China with Dong Kingman and to Africa with Jean-Pierre-Hallet, famed author-explorer. She was the recipient of numerous awards and honors. Exhibited over 25 years at galleries in Carmel, California. |
Some Awards:
Best Oil - Margaret and Walter Keane Foundation Award First Award - Society of Western Artists Honored by American Pen Women as "Achiever" |
Some Shows: (one-person shows)
Triton Museum of Arts, Santa Clara, California Rosecrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, California de-Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, California The American Artists Professional League, Inc., New York |
Some Group Shows:
Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco, California Frye Museum, Seattle, Washington Society of Western Artists, San Francisco, California Gallerie Americana, Carmel Murphy's Art Galleries, Tucson, Arizona |
| Considered one of the premier Artists of California. |