douglas brent smith

  You Can Be... - sketch by douglas brent smith Where do you stand? What do you demand?  Who do you declare yourself to be? 

  Truth and Bull - sketch by douglas brent smith, 1989. Have you ever felt completely upside-down?  "How do I know that you're telling the truth." "Because I always tell the truth." "Well, I know that's not true." "How do you know?" "Because it can't be true. How do I know that anything you say is true if I can't trust what you just said." "Because I am 100% truthful." "That's bull." "Or is it?" Feeling upside down, the conversation ended. Were they any closer to the truth? Likely, not. - dbS -  Here's another version of the image with more saturation, allowing you to see some of what is on the back of the page, and adding more color:

  Levitating a Small Guitar - sketch by douglas brent smith (probably 1991). "Do you think that he could levitate a large guitar, that is to say, a normal sized guitar as well?" "No doubt. It might take some practice, though." "Does it come naturally?" "It comes with practice." "That is more like a ukulele than a guitar." "Nope. It has six strings. Guitar." "Small" "But he could also levitate a large guitar. Maybe one wasn't available." "Well, you've got to start someplace." "Yes." - dbS - 

  Badminton, sketch by douglas brent smith, 1991 It is only a doodle. A quick sketch that started out as a space ship but somehow ended up looking like a badminton birdie. Still, I like it, so here it is. 

  Angel Wall - sketch by douglas brent smith, 1991

  Face In The Crowd - pen and marker drawing by douglas brent smith, 1989 At the buttom of the drawing you can see the effect of water on the paper. I feel lucky that my journals weren't more severely damaged or even burned completely up in the fire at Elm Street. I spent hours afterwards drying them out in the sun on a trampoline, carefully turning page by page and giving each page some drying time. This is from journal #26. I was up to journal #41 at the time. Fortunately, not all of them were drenched.  

  A Formal Evening -- mixed media sketch by douglas brent smith

 Your Face, sketch by douglas brent smith, 1983

  One Instant In The Brain -- mixed media by douglas brent smith

  Chaos In The Middle - sketch by douglas brent smith (with help from Christopher Morgan Cizewski Smith.

 A Cast of Thousands at Play -- sketch by douglas brent smith

  With Greater Detail - mixed media by douglas brent smith

  A Cast of Thousands (partial close-up) - sketch by douglas brent smith

  Dream Birds Over Pulaski - sketch by douglas brent smith, 1985

  Tango Rango - sketch by douglas brent smith

 Dangerous Art - 1984 - sketch by douglas brent smith, 1984

  Window Box, 1984 - drawing by douglas brent smith, 1984

  Happy Faces on Parade - sketch by douglas brent smith

  Hairy Ape -- mixed media sketch by douglas brent smith, 1984

 bizarre ensemble duo -- sketch by douglas brent smith,  from "the bizarre chronicles, volume one" 1984