Shirley Smith of 11000 Lakes Photography
Art Form
Photography--Visible and Infrared Light
Media
My photography includes all genres except for people! I love creating my works of art, as well as, recording the scene!

Artist Bio
Shirley Smith utilizes her eyes, various digital cameras, and post-processing techniques along with her sense of wonder to capture the beauty and inspiration of Mother Nature and beyond! Her expertise in digital photography allows Shirley to share these moments and feelings with you, the viewer. Please enjoy her photographic art images that record the world around us by remembering and sharing memories from your own life. Perhaps, you will see a favorite in a different light!
Shirley was born and raised in Central Wisconsin. After graduating college from UW-Eau Claire she moved to southern Michigan to work in the pharmaceutical industry. While there, Shirley met her husband, Bruce, and was introduced to the study and hobby of photography by him in 2012. The move to Southern Utah from Michigan in late 2013 opened up a whole new world of places to go, see, and record! Her goal is to be able to capture them all with her camera!
Shirley is an award-winning, internationally known photographer currently shooting with various Nikon and Olympus cameras and lenses, plus her iPhone 15 Pro Max. Venues where you can frequently find her work include Art Provides (St George, UT), Mesquite Fine Art Gallery (NV), Zions Bank Staircase Gallery (St George, UT), and The Red Cliff Gallery in St George, UT. Through the years, she has exhibited at Nature’s Edge (St George, UT), Red Canyon Company (Hurricane, UT), Sears Art Museum (Utah Tech in St George), Glenn Blakely Memorial Gallery at the Tilted Kiln (St George, UT), Cafe Soleil-Springdale (UT), A Smith Gallery (TX), Arrowhead Gallery (UT), the Rochester (NY) Contemporary Art Center, Dixie State University (UT), St George Art Museum (UT), Gallery 873 and various venues in Michigan.
Her latest solo exhibition, “Figments of Imagination II” (Fall 2023) was at the Canyon Community Center in Springdale, UT. In the summer of 2020, Shirley was featured at the St George Art Museum, “Alternative Vision” which showcased her infrared, macro, and abstract photography. Other solo exhibitions of Shirley’s work were in 2019 & 2021 at the Springdale, UT community center and Dixie State in the Grand Foyer of the Eccles Center in the summer of 2017. In December 2020, she received 3rd place in the Kolari Vision International Photo Contest for her visible light photo essay, “The Aftermath of the Magnum Fire”. She is the past President of the Color Country Camera Club (St George, UT).
Artist Statement
I want to capture the feelings, colors, and textures the world provides for us to see and experience. I do this through photography—Come see my world!





