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Visual-777

  Visual-777 - sketch by douglas brent smith, 1978

Waiting for a Letter

  Waiting for a Letter - sketch by douglas brent smith, 1982

Winter Storm

  Winter Storm -- sketch by douglas brent smith, 1979

World In a Nutshell

 World In a Nutshell - sketch by douglas brent smith, 1983 Notes: This is a small doodle in Journal #18, Captain Orange and the Quest For Grins, 1982-1983. 

You Have To Get Your Feet Wet

 You Have To Get Your Feet Wet - collage by douglas brent smith, 1979

Your Space In Space

  Your Space In Space - sketch by douglas brent smith

All for the Sake of Art

  All for the Sake of Art - sketch by douglas brent smith, 1983

Three Moons of Jupiter

 Three Moons of Jupiter - collage by douglas brent smith

Mama's Little Babies Are Happy

  Mama's Little Babies Are Happy  -- collage by douglas brent smith, December 14,  1982

Third Plane In Collageland

 Third Plane In Collageland - collage by douglas brent smith, 1980

There Was Once A Door

  There Was Once A Door - sketch by douglas bent smith, 1979

Theodore Tudas Speaks on the Evils of Television

  Theodore Tudas Speaks on the Evils of Television -- collage by douglas brent smith

The Wind Brought Lips of Wonder

 

Heads or Tails?

  Heads or Tails? - sketch by douglas brent smith, 1982

The Wibbling Brothers Introduce TV

  The Wibbling Brothers Introduce TV - collage by douglas brent smith

The TV Repairman Has a Devious Plan

  The TV Repairman Has a Devious Plan - collage by douglas brent smith

The Space Within

  The Space Within - sketch by douglas brent smith Notes: Notice the Mustard Seed t-shirt. Those were fun days putting together Mustard Seed Theatre Company shows with Peter Hoff, Harry Isaacs, and Bob Bortolameotti. None of us had arms like the guy in this sketch.

The Sky With Eyes

  The Sky With Eyes - sketch by douglas brent smith "Did you know that Harry X. Tudas wrote a book?" "Of course. I always assumed that he's written several books." "Not as far as we know. But there are hints that he did write this one, although no copies have yet been discovered." "Well, there's a picture of one." "..." "It looks like a big book. Harry had a lot to say, I would guess that he had a lot to write." "We'd better look for the book." "I wouldn't know where to look...Chicago, Trenton, Bridgeton, Warminster, who knows?" "Paris...London...Berlin...Miami...Los Angeles..." "You're saying that Harry got around?" "Harry X. Tudas got around." Notes: Harry X. Tudas is a character from a play. I borrowed the name from an expression that my great grandmother Denges would say, "What in the name of Harry X. Tudas is going on?" Not sure where she got

The Road to the Horizon

 The Road to the Horizon - collage by douglas brent smith

The View from the Cizewski House

  The View from the Cizewski House - sketch by douglas brent smith

From Party to Party

  From Party to Party - sketch by douglas brent smith, 1982

The Train Ride From Champaign

  The Train Ride From Champaign - sketch by douglas brent smith

Out of Order

  Out of Order - sketch by douglas brent smith

Brushing the Page

 Brushing the Page - sketch by douglas brent smith

Artist Question

  Artist Question - sketch by douglas brent smith

The Silence of the Sleeping Mechanism Grown Organic

  The Silence of the Sleeping Mechanism Grown Organic - sketch by douglas brent smith

The Pilot Rests

  The Pilot Rests - sketch by douglas brent smith

The Curtain Introduces Act Three

 The Curtain Introduces Act Three -- sketch by douglas brent smith, 1979

Filter Key

  Filter Key - sketch by douglas brent smith, from the journal "Never Doubt, Volume 2"

Prelude to Hanging Tapes

  Prelude to Hanging Tapes - collage by douglas brent smith

Not What She Asked For

  Not What She Asked For - sketch by douglas brent smith

Pickles and Fast Ketchup

 Pickles and Fast Ketchup - collage by douglas brent smith, 1982

Fantastic Expectations

  Fantastic Expectations - sketch by douglas brent smith

Telephone Story

  Telephone Story - sketch / cartoon by douglas brent smith, 1979

Summer Theatre

 Summer Theatre - collage by douglas brent smith, 1979

Summer Rites

  Summer Rites - sketch by douglas brent smith, 1979

Suburban Maze

  Suburban Maze - sketch by douglas brent smith, 1979

Study for Pulling Time

  Study for Pulling Time - sketch by douglas brent smith Notes: This study was painted but became water-damaged in a fire and eventually discarded. 

Subliminally Speaking

  Subliminally Speaking - sketch by douglas brent smith. Notes: What do you see? What do you think you see? Where could this be and what could it be doing? I'd whisper it, because I would not be sure. 

Study for Falling Angles

  Study for Falling Angles - sketch by douglas brent smith. This study was painted while I lived on 87th Street in Burbank, IL. I held onto it for years, although it was water damaged in the fire on Elm Street in Louisville, CO. Eventually, I threw it away. I threw many paintings away. I do regret that, even though they were not so good, who am I to say?