Who, or what, is a Pine Giant?  It’s a nickname of sorts for an excessively-tall man named Trevor Smith.  

 

That’s me…a ninth-generation Mainer who grew up in a small, uninspiring paper-mill town called Winslow.  As an introverted, “indoorsy" Nineties kid with no siblings, there were countless bedroom hours spent drawing elaborate comic strip series, rock-band logos, abstract imagery, still-lifes, gnarly trees, horror-movie creatures, and plenty of architecture.  I always clung tightly to a vivid imagination as a kid, and as I went off to grad school and eventually became an architect, there was always a nagging urge to explore alternative creative horizons.  Over the course of my first career, I grew increasingly torn between the humbling real-world limitations of architecture and the infinite expressive possibilities of printmaking and graphic design. 

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A self-taught silkscreen printmaker, I first began hand-printing gig posters for local all-ages Seattle concerts in 2017 while working there as a residential architect.  Since the very first pull of a squeegee across a silkscreen mesh, I was forever hooked.  I had discovered a new bit of magic.  After relocating back home to Maine in 2021, I launched the design/print house known as Pine Giant, and now work in the Bayside neighborhood of Portland. 

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If you are a local, regional or national band, event planner, business, or anyone else looking for design, illustration, or screen-printing services, please feel free to reach out.

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