douglas brent smith

  How Did I Get This Job? - collage by douglas brent smith, 27 December 1987

 Bill Said Yes - collage by douglas brent smith, 3 January 1987 Notes: Originally titles "George Said Yes" but clearly that is Bill (I think it might be the actor Bill Irwin) and Bill is being asked a question, to which he enthusiastically answers "Yes!"

  Extend Your Reach - collage by douglas brent smith, 25 December 1987

i said to you our shoes in the sand your hand in my hand in a trance of truth i said to you my best inner secrets as the sun set and a light breeze caught your brown hair remarkable i said to you touching your cheek with care like a leaf whispering what i should have said years ago there is love that may be delayed but not denied true then, true on that beach. true still. -- douglas brent smith

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

  Baby Island - collage by douglas brent smith 26 December 1987

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

the left hand starts a bass line avoiding familiar notes, for accidentals the right hand takes a ride let me sing of your changes (andante) swell...swell...who can tell? let me glissando your joys (forte!) and then mid-transposition the two of us harmonize and bring all the mystery down to size,  -- 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

white cloud blue sky sudden darkness odor from a distant unknown source bitter tasting, no permission chemicals drifted in a virgin course like a losing hand played to a devil's trick for no reason half the town is sick a stranger talking in a legal voice bottled water is the only choice dark days dry from a ruined well twenty square miles of obnoxious smell poison water makes a person think tainted life line not a drop to drink.  -- douglas brent smith

  Tango Rango - sketch by douglas brent smith

  still life -- painting by douglas brent smith

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

i found you before life left any dents before the form found flaws and with open wonderment alive and ready for more you found me ready for new forms fresh foundation sparks! light! early morning smiles receiving all the giving and living ready for more every past piece of effort faded as we created this new kind of kiss tighter and sweeter and slightly awkward youthfully extending our freely found arms around gladness hey you hey you we found each other ready for each other and did not let go. -- douglas brent smith

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

  What's Wrong With Dogu? -- collage by douglas brent smith, 7 July 1983

  Wait a Minute - collage by douglas brent smith, 14 November 1983

The less creative you feel, the closer you are to feeling creative again. -- douglas brent smith

Celebrate the joy within what is, and then what's missing will appear. The picture is already complete. -- douglas brent smith

  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

 Vans In Space - collage by douglas brent smith

  i am not anonymous i am not a number you can push around so get off my back! do not pigeon-hole me or patronize me or i'll come unglued not the common man i get uncommon as often as i can so stop measuring me reassuringly i am not anonymous i am not a number you can push around so get off my back! -- douglas brent smith