Smith Galleries 21st Open House

Jean and Wally invite you to join them at Smith Galleries to celebrate the traditional beginning of the holiday season with their 21st annual open house on Friday and Saturday, November 28 & 29. The gallery will be open 10 - 6 both days. Jean has been busy baking hundreds and hundreds of her famous cookies.

Email (no subject or message necessary) us if you would like a free "e-copy" of last years cookie recipes.

So, drop by the gallery to get your holiday shopping done and remember the importance to this year buy American made products from your local independant merchants.



Present this blog entry during the Open House to receive a free American Style magazine or a free pair of candles.



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New Mike Smith pieces at Smith Galleries

Mike Smith has just made available eight new images and you can see them on our web site.
This is the most new work he has released at one time which confirms the popularity of his work. The new pieces are being offered in the giclee format in six sizes each with three available on paper and three on canvas.
Why is Mike Smith's work so popular? The answer is simple...it makes people happy. Check it out!
Gallery hours are 10-6 Monday through Saturday.
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Glass Eye Studio 2008 Collector Ornament

The 2008 limited edition ornament by Glass Eye Studio has just arrived at Smith Galleries. It is made here in the United States in a limited edition of 500. It is signed and numbered and presented in a suede box for only $45. We only have a few, so please stop by the gallery soon to select yours.

So many people are coming into the gallery now saying that they are only going to buy American made gifts for Christmas and the holidays this year. We think that "buying American" is an idea whose time has come! Think about how you can help our economy reduce our $2 billion per day trade deficit. Let's do all we can to keep our dollars at home!

Smith Galleries features exclusively American made (three Canadians) fine craft and art. Gallery hours are 10-6 Monday through Saturday. 800.272.3870

Art at Smith Galleries

Smith Galleries has just received twelve new original paintings from nationally known artists Downe Burns (his painting Green Fields of Rain shown), Heather Judge, John Milan, Eric Waugh and Pietro Adamo. Click here to see a slide show of all twelve.

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Kaleidoscopes at Smith Galleries

Smith Galleries features one of the finest selections of kaleidoscopes you will ever see. The gallery is located on beautiful Hilton Head Island and is open Monday through Saturday between the hours of 10 and 6.

The kaleidoscope shown here is called "Inversion" and it is made by Henry Bergeson. It is a two mirror scope which has its own internal light source. Just push the brass button and the internal light comes on revealing the brightly lit object chamber. It is made of birdseye maple and bubinga and comes with three interchangeable object chambers. It stands 12 inches tall and is $840.

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Smith Galleries Features the Artglass of Christian Thirion.

Smith Galleries features the art glass of many contemporary American glassblowers. Christian Thirion has an unusual story in that he grew up in France and was trained as a professional pastry chef like his father. Life brought him to the United States in 1980 where he started a restaurant and through a set of circumstances developed an interest in glass. "If you can't stand the heat. get out of the kitchen." That's an apt saying for many people, but not for Christian Thirion. He left the kitchen and a career as a master pastry chef, for the hot shop and a new career as a glassblower. "Chocolate," he explains, "is liquid and then becomes hard. Glass is a similar concept." Pictured is one of his "taco" bowls.

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Art at Smith Galleries

Smith Galleries features a large selection of framed art. The gallery is known for everything from traditional images to abstract and contemporary paintings with a whimsical quality.

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