Above: Portraits of Dr. Smith's father and mother by Vivian Akers, Fine Artist
Abbott "Pete" Smith, D.V.M.June 16, 1938 - February 22, 2010
Welcome to Milliron Monday where every Monday we celebrate the legacy of Pete Smith, D.V.M., and Milliron: Abbott “Pete” Smith, D.V.M. The Biography (Monday Creek Publishing 2017). A graduate of Colorado State University and a well-known veterinarian in southeast Ohio, Dr. Smith continues to motivate and inspire.
Dr. Smith's father and mother were beautifully captured in two separate portraits (above) by renowned Maine fine artist Vivian Milner Akers (1886-1966). The couple, Elizabeth Cooper Saunders Smith and Abbott Pliny Smith, were married on December 7, 1934. Their portraits were painted in 1940, at 28 years of age.
Akers, famous for his landscapes, was born in Norway, Maine. He attended the Art Students League in New York City, later studying in Paris and Europe. In the early 1940s, Akers traveled to California where he experimented in an "expressionist style using heavy brushwork and applying multiple glazes."
The portraits belong to one of Dr. Smith's siblings.
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Through captivating, powerful, and emotional anecdotes, we celebrate the life of Dr. Abbott P. Smith. His biography takes the reader from smiles to laughter to empathy and tears. Dr. Smith gave us compelling lessons learned from animals; the role animals play in the human condition, the joy of loving an animal, and the awe of their spirituality. A tender and profound look into the life of a skilled veterinarian.
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