Local artist passes cash prize to Wildsight | East Kootenay, Kimberley

Local artist passes cash prize to Wildsight | East Kootenay, Kimberley

Kimberley visual artist Grant Smith won the Kootenay Art Prize at Art Gallery Kimberley’s annual Open, Adjudicated Art Exhibit this year, and he’s passing the full prize on to a cause close to his heart. Grant, who works primarily in watercolour and oil, creates drawings, paintings, sculptures, and design illustrations with a focus on landscapes and wildlife. His paper stencil monoprint “Larches in Late October, Kimberley, BC” won the $700 prize…