Until the age of 32 I had spent my entire life evenly between living in Rhode Island and the
Pacific island of Guam. It wasn’t until taking a drawing class at the University of Guam
that I began to see what was in store for me. Though I had never taken an art class before
this I had always liked to draw and build things.This drawing class lead to painting and design and before I knew it I was taking all the art classes offered. I settled
on the 3 dimensional aspect of the work, mainly sculpture and pottery.
My life changed in my Jr year when I saw a small leaded glass window that my
pottery teacher, Dave Hall, had done years earlier. Dave gave me the address to a company to get supplies. I got the catalog and 4 months later my first order of supplies
finally arrived. Dave was no longer on island so from a library book I learned my first lessons. I was hooked!
I went on and graduated with a major in Fine Arts with a certificate to teach. For the next 6 years I taught art in the Guam public schools finishing up at the St. John’s Prep
School. After these years of teaching I just had to pursue the doing of art, not just teaching it. It was at this time in my life that I met my wife, Sally, and then we set our plan into motion. We would leave Guam and go to where I would be able to do my work
full-time. Sally and I got married in May of 1982 and two months later I landed a job at The Condon Studios in Cambridge, MA. After working with glass for 8 years and never
ever seeing anyone else doing this work I was in a professional studio environment. I found out that my self-taught skills were pretty well advanced. After almost 3 years in
Cambridge, Sally and I decided to move to Sally’s hometown of San Diego. It's 23 years later and I’m closing in on my 21st year of operating Buddy Smith Glass Art Studio.

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