Lynn Davis Smith

Lynn Davis-Smith is a Seattle-based artist who divides her time between Seattle, WA, and Ojai,

CA, working from her home studio in Seattle and a dedicated studio space in Ojai. Her visual art

journey began when a chance encounter with a Seattle Times article on travel journaling

sparked a deep exploration of drawing, painting, and photography. A lifelong learner, she has

studied at Gage Academy in Seattle and participated in workshops with notable instructors.

Over the years, her practice has spanned various media, including watercolor, oil, ink, gouache,

acrylic, and mixed media. She often says she’s “never met a genre she didn’t like,” having

worked across realism, portraiture, still life, and impressionist landscapes.

Lynn’s current work explores abstracted landscapes through layered compositions that

incorporate collage, ink, pastel, and pigmented pencils. Her process is both additive and

subtractive, merging reality with intuition to create pieces that evoke a distinct sense of place—

often infused with memories, impressions, and imagined elements.

Her work has been exhibited in juried and group shows in the greater Seattle area and is held in

private collections. She is honored to have her art represented at Domicile Design Gallery,

where she continues to share her evolving vision with the local community.

My recent mixed media work at Domicile Gallery is all about the feeling of a place—how

landscapes, both real and imagined, stick with us and shape our memories. Instead of focusing

on exact details, I use layers of paint, texture, and intuitive marks to capture shifting light,

movement, and atmosphere.

Each piece started as a sketch, exploring color, line, and form inspired by landscapes but

without aiming for realism. From there, the process became more fluid—drips, splatters, and

translucent layers revealing hidden moments and unexpected connections. Sometimes, faint

geometric elements emerge, hinting at structures, paths, or traces of human presence.

This series is about the places that stay with us, the ones we return to in our minds. It’s an

invitation to step into an atmosphere rather than a specific location, to feel something familiar

yet undefined. By leaving space for interpretation, I hope to stir memories, emotions, and a quiet

sense of recognition.

At its heart, this work is about experience rather than mapping a specific place —how we move

through landscapes, both physical and emotional, and how they, in turn, move through us.

I am also showing a selection of earlier small oil paintings—impressionistic landscapes that

reflect my longstanding connection to nature. These works, mostly plein air, capture the

immediate energy of a place, while my newer pieces take a more abstracted, intuitive approach.

Together, they show the progression of my exploration—how my relationship with landscape

has shifted from direct observation to a deeper, more interpretive experience.".

GALLERY + DESIGN 4116 EAST MADISON ST SEATTLE, WA 98112