The soaring roar

In her paintings, the external experience of nature joins with internal emotional processes and qualities, resulting in gestural, evocative works. David B. Smith Gallery is proud to welcome New York-based artist Ashley Garrett for her first solo exhibition with the gallery, The soaring roar. Garrett’s vibrant abstract paintings capture the artist’s deeply personal relationship with nature, a transcendent connection that directly informs her practice. Dedicated to her late father, The soaring roar explores the rage and silence of nature, the ineffable force of existence, and Garrett’s lyrical ability to capture experience in abstract form. In her paintings, the external experience of nature joins with internal emotional processes and qualities, resulting in gestural, evocative works. Garrett’s works possess depth, both compositionally and energetically, inviting a sense of presence in the viewing experience, one that is both immediate and timeless. Invested in her spiritual and psychological connection to nature, Garrett is a multitalented creator whose creative vision seamlessly reaches across disciplines of painting, poetry, and recently, music. Moving from within and through her works, Garrett’s paintings resonate beyond the painted surface. Evolving from her early exposure to music from her father, a self-taught musician, Garrett’s recent inclusion of the viola and piano into her studio adds synesthetic nuance to her works.