My work goes continues and my loving Family are with me. November 24, 2011

My twin grandchildren are now 13 and Saturday the 5th of November they had their day in Temple  as they celebrated their Mitzvahs together. Thank you to all of you who have been sending me email, and Social Networking messages. Here are some links: -  My Website   http://kaysmithartist.com/ -  The Blog        http://kaysmithartist.com/blog.htm -  Twitter           @ArtistKaySmith [...]

Tuskegee Airmen Project for the Pritzker Military Library July 3, 2011

More on Tuskegee to come but here is the progress of my fall. The hard cast for my arm and hand has been replaced with a rigid plastic splint that enrobed my hand with an extension that encases and protects my thumb. I will have to wear this until the 3rd week in August.

Tuskegee Airmen Project for the Pritzker Military Library June 30, 2011

I am looking for Tusdegee airmen to interview and sketch for a painting I am doing for the Pritzker Military Library. A woman tonight called me and said she knows a Tuskegee Airmen here in Chicago. “We are all in their 80s and evebn 90s now,” she said. Her friend is in good health and [...]

Kay Smith – May 31, 2011

At ER they x-rayed my knees and both hands. They determined the injuries, put my left arm in a cast and sent me home with instructions to see Dr. Harris a hand surgeon with in a week.

Kay Smith – May 28, 2011

I have had a nasty fall that has left me in a state of shock and pain.  It happened in the garage of the Icon Theaters. I was walking from our car to the elevator and did not see a small rise–maybe an inch and a half -in the the floor as I approached the [...]

Kay Smith – Pritzker Military 1 or 4 May 15, 2011

Kay Smith – Pritzker Military 1 or 4 April 15 was a good day for me. That was the day the Pritzker Military Library had a reception 11 to 1 pm for Mayor Daley to see the new library at 104 South Michigan. The Mayor spoke about education and the benefits of research offered by [...]

The Carmel Workshop by Kay Smith April 12, 2011

Carmel Workshop And so it was on March 21 of this year five members of my watercolor class and I flew to San Jose, CA. The day started well with Barbara Hardman and Gail Covotsky picking me up in Flash Cab which was a SUV in order to handle us  3 dames  and our baggage. [...]

Sightings in my Backyard – Chicago March 18, 2011

Sightings in my Backyard I  looked out my kitchen  window to check the  weather thermometer as I do every morning and there  on my wooden fence between my neighbor’s house and mine perched a huge speckled bird where in the 50 years I have lived in this house I had never seen anything bigger than [...]

March 1st Abraham Lincoln event went especially well. March 4, 2011

My talk last night on Abraham Lincoln went especially well. It was a good turnout of friends. guests and neighbors with their ears totally tuned to the subject. The most popular part of the talk was using the images of  the paintings to tell the story of Mr. Lincoln’s awesome life. They particularly enjoyed hearing [...]

Tonight I will be speaking and show slides of my Abraham Lincoln paintings March 1, 2011

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 Kay Smith Artist Laureate of Illinois will speak and show slides of her Abraham Lincoln paintings. To register for events, email celebrate@lincolnparkvillage.org   5:30 PM – reception 6:15 PM – program Old Town Triangle Assn., 1763 N. North Park Members/OTTA members – Free, Guests – $10