douglas brent smith

  Unstoppable In Collageland -- collage by douglas brent smith, 1980

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

Rebuff Enough - collage by douglas brent smith, 1980  

  Moisture Absorbing Grip - collage by douglas brent smith, 1980-81 Notes: This collage, part of the Collageland series, is an echo of Deconstructing Kit, and that's me getting deconstructed. Pull yourself together, Doug. That's a tennis racket in a glass of water -- a situation I do not recommend unless you want to get stuff wet and maybe break a perfectly fine glass. Unless that glass is made of plexiglass.

 Garpers Mingling in Collageland - collage by douglas brent smith

Fully Vented In Collageland - collage by douglas brent smith, 1980  

  Stage Crew - sketch by douglas brent smith, 1980 From journal #16, on the cutting edge, 1980. This appears to be a set design, possibly for The Great Brain Robbery, but I'm not certain since at the time I had been in rehearsal for and developing "en grade" at the Playwright's Center on Kinzie Street in Chicago. It did not get any farther than a staged reading, which was impacted by a massive snow storm so our audience was only four or five people.  This could also be just a random drawing. It is smeared from water damage caused by the fire on Elm Street at Dorinda's rented home in Lewisville, CO in 2008. 

  Dadamax In Collageland - collage by douglas brent smith, 1980 From Journal #15 eccentric nods, 1980

  Covering History - collage by douglas brent smith, 1980 From Journal #15, eccentric nods

  Cold Hard Cash - collage by douglas brent smith, 1980 from journal #15, eccentric nods, 1980.

 Colorful as Your Lips - collage by douglas brent smith, 1980

  After All These Years - collage by douglas brent smith, 1980

  A Great Man Admits His Mistakes - collage by douglas brent smith, 1980 Cut paper, glue, pen.

  Barely Beyond Infancy in Collageland - collage by douglas bernt smith, 1980

  One Rather Large Spaceship - sketch by douglas brent smith, 1980 One Rather Large Spaceship - x-ray mix - sketch by douglas brent smith, 1980

  New Decade - sketch by douglas brent smith, 1980

 Lost Novelist in Collageland - 1980 - collage by douglas brent smith Notes: This is part of a series of collages that were assembled on consecutive pages in Journal #15, eccentric nods, 1979 - 1980. While I do sometimes use "found" text in my collages, the text here is original, if incoherent. I knew that the transparent tape would yellow with age and I was looking forward to it. There it is, aging as planned.

 Long Term Illustration - mixed media / collage by douglas brent smith, 1980

  South Rutherford Avenue - sketch by douglas brent smith

  All the Horses In Collageland - collage by douglas brent smith, 1980