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"Napoleon Pastry with Lattice Icing," 2022, Carrie Mae Smith. Oil on ACM (Aluminum Composite Material). 14h X 12w inches.

Paintings Travel to Los
Angeles for Solo Exhibit

By TERESA WINCHESTER
GILBERTSVILLE

It’s a long way from Carrie Mae Smith’s Italianate stone house in Gilbertsville to Los Angeles and Lowell Ryan Projects, a split-level art gallery with an art deco exterior. Nevertheless, Smith made the 2,764-mile trip with her husband, Greg Watson, on February 14 to open her first solo exhibit at the gallery, which welcomes artists whose work crosses disciplinary boundaries.

“It’s the most significant gallery show I’ve had to date,” Smith said.

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