Open House for Rodney Paul Smith's metal artwork Thursday

Meet March's Featured Artist: Rodney Paul Smith  

March 6 - 4:00 - 8:00pm open house

 

Come enjoy a refreshment and meet local metal artist Rodney Paul Smith on Thursday, March 6 from 4-8pm at Garden Essentia in Ballinger Village. His art will be on display and available for purchase throughout the month.    

Metal sculpture by Rodney Paul Smith

Rodney Paul is a third generation Washingtonian who has been self employed in the tree service industry since 1982. He grew up in a tight-knit family who enjoyed fishing, hiking, beach-combing, and boating throughout the beautiful Pacific Northwest. He has been married to his high school sweetheart since 1979. Rodney Paul has two beautiful daughters who grew up taking ballet and jazz dance classes. He spent many hours watching his daughters' ballet performances and the dancer's shapes and forms would later influence some of his metal art pieces.

Rodney has been creating metal art since his early teens. His art work is inspired and influenced by the love of his daughters, the beautiful outdoors and his true appreciation of nature. Rodney also uses his daily tree work as inspiration for his beautiful hand-made art pieces. His keen eye for shape and form are not only evident in his metal art pieces but also in his daily tree work. Rodney has a very artistic eye for nature and its many forms of beauty, whether it is trimming a tree or finding the perfect piece of driftwood for one of his unique art pieces. All of his art work is hand-made and one of a kind. He really enjoys making custom pieces for his customers and spends hours designing and hand crafting each one in his studio, often with his schipperke, Sadie watching closely nearby.   

Garden Essentia, 20152 Ballinger Way NE, Shoreline 98155, 206-453-3920.