The Latest Book Project: "Uncommon Vernacular: The Early Houses of Jefferson County, W.V., 1735-1835"

Written by John C. Allen Jr., and with photographs by Walter Smalling and drawings by Andy Lewis, this book, to be published by the University of West Virginia Press, will be released in August 2011, and will be accompanied in November and December, 2011, by a major exhibition of photographs at the national headquarters of the American Institute of Architects, 1735 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 

WALTER SMALLING STUDIO/GALLERY

              130 BAYVIEW ROAD

          PENOBSCOT, MAINE 04476

            WASHINGTON, D.C.

waltersmallingjr@gmail.com

LANDSCAPES / SEASCAPES PORTRAITS OF PEOPLE AND HOUSES

While working for twenty-five years as an architectural photographer and by way of that, seeing the world, I decided to explore the world from inside one room....my painting studio.  I have done about fourteen books and there are still almost always a couple in production, but I am now also interested in making images of paint that come from inside my own head.

My subjects are landscapes, mostly of Maine and West Virginia, seascapes, and some oddball portraits of friends and strangers.  Some are small, some very large, six feet or more.  I paint in a small coastal village in Maine, and right downtown in Washington, D.C.  The paintings, many owned by friends, have gone across the country and around the world,  in collections both private and corporate.  You will also find my work in several galleries, including my own, in Penobscot, Maine.  I also accept commissions.