douglas brent smith

  Globes, at one time, were everywhere. Then, they kept changing. Especially in Africa but also everywhere. Names, boundaries, the "natural order" of the planet kept changing as we kept spinning. It's easy to believe that things are stable, durable, resilient. Instead, motion is the natural order. But, you knew that, didn't you? When was the last time that you saw a globe? slips, trips, and falls - collage by Douglas Brent Smith, 1996

  not the thing - collage by Douglas Brent Smith - 1996 From Journal #31

  Busy Table -- sketch / mixed media by douglas brent smith   

  Face In The Crowd - pen and marker drawing by douglas brent smith, 1989 At the buttom of the drawing you can see the effect of water on the paper. I feel lucky that my journals weren't more severely damaged or even burned completely up in the fire at Elm Street. I spent hours afterwards drying them out in the sun on a trampoline, carefully turning page by page and giving each page some drying time. This is from journal #26. I was up to journal #41 at the time. Fortunately, not all of them were drenched.  

  Mineral Wealth - River Gold - drawing by douglas brent smith, 1989 This is an imaginary (so far) record album cover, drawn back when album covers still mattered, when they still helped to sell recordings, when they represented additional enjoyment for the music. I never had a band named Mineral Wealth, but I think it's a great name for a band and the name of the album, "River Gold" makes it seem like a greatest hits collection. Imagine that. Greatest Hits albums were far more important in 1989 than they are at the moment when streaming one song at a time is much more common. In a way, it's all one continuous "greatest hits" parade. The colors in this sketch were effected by water damage to the journal that occurred during the fire on Elm Street in 2008. A lot more than this whimsical picture was harmed in that fire. - dbS - 

Egg On A Walk At Koranda Palace - mixed media sketch by douglas brent smith, 26 December 1987  

  A Formal Evening -- mixed media sketch by douglas brent smith

  One Instant In The Brain -- mixed media by douglas brent smith

  With Greater Detail - mixed media by douglas brent smith

  A Cast of Thousands (partial close-up) - sketch by douglas brent smith

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

  Hairy Ape -- mixed media sketch by douglas brent smith, 1984

  And Furthermore She Said -- mixed media by douglas brent smith, 1983

  The People We Met At The Drive-In -- mixed media sketch by douglas brent smith, 1983

  Say What You Feel -- mixed media by douglas brent smith

  Evolving Trees -- mixed media / collage / sketch by douglas brent smith

  Still Life with Cheese - mixed media sketch/collage by douglas brent smith, 1979

 Burst - mixed media sketch - 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.

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