Mythic Imagery At Newport Art by Suzanne Volmer “Outer Myths,” Jason Smith’s solo exhibition, on view at the Newport Art Museum’s Wright Gallery through May 1, explores Smith’s fascination with creation myths. It is a kind of global study he has mined methodically, continent by continent, and then translated into a pointillist, mixed-media drawing style. Included are 16 artworks shown as introductory vignette that showcase the young artist’s talent. All drawings are sized uniformly, giving order to the presentation. Color opacity is a characteristic of Smith’s signature style that builds form through a moray of oscillating lines, causing shapes to emerge and recede. Smith uses white, black and soft pastel dots and bursts of Day-Glo color as the basis of his mark-making. Rather than the standard neutrals of archival framing, the artist’s mat choices are dusky pastels, … [Read more...] about Jason Smith’s Cultural Assessment