douglas brent smith

  Contemplating the Case for Control -- collage by douglas brent smith NOTES: I made so many of these black & white, copy-machine preserved collages which developed a moment here, a moment there, adding or drawing snatches of things that grabbed my attention while I was doing other things. When Collageman's mind wanders, where else would you expect it to go? I did turn many of these (and entire three-ring binder full) into color collages using markers. When did I ever find the time for that? The coloring happened at home, listening to music, watching TV...in idle hours in the days before the internet stole our brains. Different times, indeed.

  Challenging Gravity on Four Different Planes -- collage by douglas brent smith, 26 December 1992. It wasn't easy being a scientists and working with bears was no picnic. Well, it could be a picnic for the bears because they insisted on being paid in food. Getting them to defy gravity kept the scientist busy. It got easier when they discovered a secret plane in plain sight. It made hovering a darn site easier.

Browsing Past The Built In Bias -- collage by douglas brent smith Paper and glue using pictures from magazines.  I always enjoyed seeing an illustration in a text book that had a caption that declared "Not to scale." Of course it's not to scale, it's in a book. Or it's in a magazine. This illustration of course IS to scale, if you're using a scale from the Irregular Catalogue.  Doesn't it look hot in those hazmat suits? 

  A Workplace On The Edge of Town -- collage by douglas brent smith

  A Visit to An Interrupted Dream -- collage by douglas brent smith

  The Secret Drama Sings to Silent Applause -- collage by douglas brent smith, 30 December 1992. From Journal #28, An Expandable Family . This journal suffered so much water damage and mildew from the Elm Street fire that it may eventually need to be be thrown away. I've already torn several unreadable pages out, but the whole thing is a mess. I'm doing what I can to save the art work.

A secret changes as soon as it's discovered.  -- doug smith

  Browsing Past The Built-in Bias In The Public Library - collage by douglas brent smith

  Body Language - collage by douglas brent smith

  Big Number 2 - collage by douglas brent smith, 1992

  Body Language - collage by douglas brent smith

 "Big Fat TV" collage by douglas brent smith. when you are  in a hurry and still want to get  there in good spirit be sure to dance & smell the flowers & pack lightly because you've got so much more to pick up put away light up serenade grow and know you're individual flow. NOTES: This is one of a series of collages I made using a good old fashioned copy machine, combined with some cut-out doodles and random pictures -- these apparently featuring transportation (and dance!) I added the poem after posting the collage. Now they belong together! ~ dbSm ~

It might feel like our youth abandons us, but it's always available within us. Ask questions. Try new things. Meet new people and make new friends. That field of work is also a field of play. Stay young. -- doug smith

  A Walk In The Country - a collage by douglas brent smith, 1992. Walks in the country often produce surprises. You never know what you'll find.