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K. C. Smith
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Keith Cornock (K.C.) Smith was a Canadian artist.
Born in Daupin, Manitoba in 1924, Smith was raised in Depression era British Columbia. He became a member of the early environmental group the League of Conservationists, explored the Coast Mountains and the Rockies, worked as a camp cook for a trail guide outfit and later as a park naturalist at Wasa Lake Provincial Park.
During the Second World War Smith served in the Canadian Navy. When the war ended, he found a job as an apprentice sign painter, later working throughout the British Columbia interior. Later, he worked painting movie marquees. One of his most memorable paintings was a 12-foot high image of Orson Welles at the Studio Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1]
In the 1950s, Smith travelled the western USA, eventually working as a journeyman sign painter in Laguna Beach, California. In 1952, he married Arlene Legault and began painting formally. They raised their sons (Mike and Blake) and a daughter (Jamie).
Smith led workshops and mentored artists such as Cameron Bird and Karen Hershey.[2] His circle of friends included painters Carl Rungius, Nicholas de Grandmaison and sculptor Nicholas Scriver.[3]
Smith was adamant that painting was about technique and feeling as much as subject; that brushwork was as important as composition.[4] The bulk of his artwork comprised oil paintings and pencil sketches.
Smith lived in and near Cranbrook, B.C. through the 1970s and 80s. He later moved to Vancouver and then to Qualicum Beach where he lived and painted until his death in July, 2000.
Photo by Beverly Denny
About 150 people met Sept. 9 at the George Mason Memorial in Washington, D.C., for the first annual D.C. walk for pulmonary fibrosis, called 'Walk for your Next Breath,' in memory of Mradula 'Molly' Kalathia, who died from the disease in 2006. Family and friends of Molly raised $15 thousand for the Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis through the two-mile walk around the Tidal Basin. More information can be found at mollyk.org. September is National Pulmonary Fibrosis Month, when the CPF and advocates visit members of Congress to enlist their support, and members host fundraising events throughout the country.
Molly's daughter Nita Zalavadia writes, "My mom never smoked a day in her life and the cause of her PF was never identified. This disease is difficult to diagnose and an estimated two-thirds of patients die within five years of diagnosis. The only initial symptom my mom had was a cough and she died within three years of diagnosis. PF claims as many lives each year as breast cancer but has no FDA approved treatments and no cure and has virtually no survivors.
Since my mom’s passing, I have been working with the CPF as an advocate to help raise awareness of this disease that can strike anyone at any given time. After watching my mom suffer for three years, I hope that no one else has to endure this cruel disease. We need your support and sponsorship to help fund research for IPF which is presently underfunded and support patients and families currently battling this disease."