douglas brent smith

 You Know When It's Cool -- sketch by douglas brent smith, 24 August 1983

the room changes they enter eyes turn heads turn new flows over flow a truly eccentric person looking perfectly normal now we rely on that until that ready - steady rock - solid presence presents change smiling at you: in on it lifting a secret door as we wonder how do they know? touching every single person in the room on the arm on the shoulder on the top of the head on the lips! opening the gates of possibility inevitably eccentric  

uncle grant -- can't can't chant pay now pay - for what we say uncle chuck - can't trust your luck tell us true - what do you do? what's the price? the thought is nice lift the lid? that's what we did sign right here - and here, and here grant three wishes - charity cheer freestyle lifestyle paid with tax scoop the art until it cracks uncle grant grant us one wish serve it up nonprofit dish we will write your favorite book paint your piece a proper look film the scene that lights you up fill the ever empty cup uncle grant let's find the spin show us how to cash it in. -- douglas brent smith  

 You Are Here -- collage by douglas brent smith

 Transactions Along The Path - collage by douglas brent smith

  This Won't Hurt A Bit -- collage by douglas brent smith

  The Symbol Is Not The Map of the Territory -- collage by douglas brent smith

 The 100% Game Process -- collage by douglas brent smith

  Science Had An Answer -- collage by douglas brent smith

Reactions to the Face On Mars -- collage by douglas brent smith.      It seemed like a revelation, a sign. Pictures taken of the surface of mars seemed to show a face. Could this mean that there was an intelligent civilization there once upon a time? Many years later, when our cameras produced much higher resolution images we saw that it wasn't really a face at all. It's just something that people do -- we see faces everywhere. We anthropomorphize wildly.  Well, the illusion was fun while it lasted. And it lasted long enough to be on my mind when I made this collage in 1993.

  Random 1992 Sketches -- douglas brent smith

  Please Let Me Know When You Are Free -- collage by douglas brent smith

  Kids Outgrow Things -- collage by douglas brent smith

  Big Boy With A View -- collage by douglas brent smith and christopher morgan smith, 1992

  Constructing a Better Setting -- collage by douglas brent smith, 30 December 1992

 On The Job Training - collage by douglas brent smith

  Not Those Hats - collage by douglas brent smith

  Love One Another -- collage by douglas brent smith, 17 March 1993

  More Than One Set Of Books -- collage by douglas brent smith

  Improving The Quality of Life -- collage by douglas brent smith      Can you spot the details added in 2024? Improving The Quality of Life -- collage by douglas brent smith (original 1992 version).

  Glued Lightly, Held Tightly, Danced Nightly -- collage by douglas brent smith    

  Globe Sequence - collage by douglas brent smith     

Forgiveness may not fix the forgiven but it's a good start, -- doug smith  

  Getting Away From (most of) It All -- collage by douglas brent smith.     

Feast or Fedora? collage by douglas brent smith.                         NOTES:           Not sure that this is finished. Maybe it needs color. Maybe some more drawing. For now, it is a collage with much more text than usual. It's of a time so long ago for me now that I think I'll just let it be. It's a page from a journal with a bit of beat sensibility baked in. Or burnt.  Here, at least. You never can tell when that will change...

  Family Reunion -- collage by douglas brent smith

  Distances, Lines, Dreams - collage by douglas brent smith

  Control Surge -- collage by douglas brent smith