douglas brent smith

  Now Go! collage by douglas brent smith, 27 January 1984

 I Can Take You Anywhere -- collage by douglas brent smith, 30 January 1984

  The Motion Age Beatnik -- collage by douglas brent smith, 21 March 1984 Notes: I met the three people who are featured in the lower right corner of this collage. It was during a festival that I was involved with in Child's Play Touring Theatre. I do not remember the name of the mime trio. I think they were from France. They were fun, they were fabulous, we all got along famously. Never to meet again, but for a day or two we were all fast friends. I didn't speak any French, so our interactions were mostly non-verbal, but they were a mime troupe after all, so no problem at all.

The Afterlife -- collage by douglas brent smith, 10 March 1984  

 Test Drive -- collage by douglas brent smith 10 March 1984

  Good Interior Decorating -- collage by douglas brent smith, 10 March 1984

  Select the Dream of Your Choice -- collage by douglas brent smith, 4 August 1983

  Oops, Wrong Window! -- collage by douglas brent smith, 1983

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

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

  Prelude to Hanging Tapes - collage by douglas brent smith

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

 Secret Powers - collage by douglas brent smith, 1979

  Scratch - collage / mixed media by douglas brent smith, 1979 Notes: Even when I created this I knew that the actual smell part of the scratch and sniff would not last forever. It might have, but I haven't had the heart to test it. What if by testing it I use up the smell? What if by testing it my negative assumptions are affirmed? So, maybe it smells, and maybe it doesn't. What do you think? As simple as this is as a collage -- only one cutting pasted and a little drawing, I do still like it.

Rebuff Enough - collage by douglas brent smith, 1980  

  Prospects Flying First Class - collage by douglas brent smith, 1981

 Profitless - collage by douglas brent smith

  Mumm's The Word- collage by douglas brent smith Where did he go wrong?  Was it climbing that cliff? Was it taking that picture? Was it his involvement with that mysterious woman who worked for the government? Mumm's the word.

  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.

  Machine Work - collage by douglas brent smith, 1980-81 Note: As a part-time security guard, I sometimes would read books to pass the time. One night my job required me to guard and observe a location from my car -- a black 1966 Volkswagen beetle. It was night, so I brought a kerosene lantern to read by. It was almost like camping out, as long as I kept watch on the construction site and reported anything out of the unusual. Nothing was out of the unusual. That has nothing to do with this collage, except for the one line on John Updike. Run, Rabbit, Run.