KURT SCHMIDT 

ABSTRACT & COLOR FIELD PAINTINGS

"the abstracts have a reflective quality ,self reflection and also a physical painterly reflection , They move people forward .... hopefully in the right directions !

 " Four Square Joy "          48 " x 48 "

" Forward Joy "          24 " x 96 "

            Five color panels depicting

fresh cherry tree blossoms

                                       History

Born 1957 Los Angeles California

Family History , Denmark , Scotland - Ireland, New York , United States- , Kansas , Arizona, Minnesota , Los Angeles , Newport Beach , Ca.

1965 - 77    Lived on Island

First painting series age 7 ( Still intact ) Newport Beach

Latin American Travels 1978

Honors graduate U.C. Santa Barbara Letters & Science Fine Arts &U.C.S.B College of Creative Studies participant. Professors : John Mckracken , David Trowbridge , Tom Wudl ,Cheryl Bowers , Doug Edge , David Hannah , Don Dudley . Life/Art advisors - John Dunn , Caroline Wheeler , Peggy Schmidt ,Jim Stoya ,Gus , John Chalmers ,  another John C. , Christina Chalmers , Brian Gray ,Joni Sellinger and everyone else I know who is nice .

New York Paintings 1981

Orange County Museum of Contemporary Art Staff

Laguna Beach Art Museum - Art  Auctions  Participant       

Kevin Barry Gallery . Melrose Ave . Los Angeles , California

Personal and Executive Collections and Exhibits :

Solo Exhibit -Hutton Centre - Kurt Schmidt"70's" Paintings.

Solo Exhibit - Piret's - South Coast Plaza -" Color Fields" . 

Barney's New York - Sur La Table - Nordstrom -I Magnin - Los Angeles Business Journal ( Master M.T. )- Orange County Philharmonic  - Mother's Markets - Diedrich Coffee - H.V.S .Dentistry Newport Beach - H.V.S Denntistry -Marin  - Dopic Court Reporters - Piret's South Coast Plaza , Creative Productions , Long Beach .

More Anonymous Private Collections :  France , Japan , Germany , Costa Rica , Mexico , United States - Minnesota , Chicago , Texas , Florida , North Carolina ,California .

Museum Paintings Study & Travel : New York , Paris ,Italy , Chicago , Latin America  , Santa Fe , San Francisco , Los Angeles , Santa Barbara , Orange County , Laguna Beach.