Interdisciplinary artist Zack Smithey has 3,000-plus original pieces in public, private and corporate collections.
"I believe the only universal constant is change, so to stay relevant as time passes, one must be willing to perpetually change, adapt, push boundaries and live outside of your comfort zone," says the St. Louis-region creative.
Zack confirms 2024 certainly is a pivotal year for him. First, because the building housing his former 12,000-square-foot art studio was sold, he had to put hundreds of his works into storage and currently is anchoring from a 350-square-foot space at Foundry Art Centre in St. Charles. Secondly, this summer he plans to complete a three-story historic mural commissioned by County Executive Steve Ehlmann for the Old St. Charles County Courthouse. "We'll be creating the mural in a traditional realism style, depicting historically accurate people, clothing, places and events from St. Charles history," adds Zack.
He adds the size of this mural project enabled him to hire his former Lindenwood University painting instructor, John Troy. They'll apply beneficial color layering and painting techniques regarding scenic art for outdoor theatres they've done at the St. Louis Muny.
Before year's end, Zack plans to build a three-story, 4,000-square-foot new showroom, art studio and office space at his St. Charles residence.
In addition to showing in art galleries worldwide, Zack Smithey builds one-of-a-kind luxury functional furniture, paints murals and designs creative shipping container homes. His home is featured on Netflix for "Amazing Interiors." He designed the first three such container-derived homes in the St. Louis area.
