douglas brent smith

  How Did I Get This Job? - collage by douglas brent smith, 27 December 1987

 Bill Said Yes - collage by douglas brent smith, 3 January 1987 Notes: Originally titles "George Said Yes" but clearly that is Bill (I think it might be the actor Bill Irwin) and Bill is being asked a question, to which he enthusiastically answers "Yes!"

  Extend Your Reach - collage by douglas brent smith, 25 December 1987

i said to you our shoes in the sand your hand in my hand in a trance of truth i said to you my best inner secrets as the sun set and a light breeze caught your brown hair remarkable i said to you touching your cheek with care like a leaf whispering what i should have said years ago there is love that may be delayed but not denied true then, true on that beach. true still. -- douglas brent smith

  Chaos In The Middle - sketch by douglas brent smith (with help from Christopher Morgan Cizewski Smith.

  Baby Island - collage by douglas brent smith 26 December 1987

 A Cast of Thousands at Play -- sketch by douglas brent smith

the left hand starts a bass line avoiding familiar notes, for accidentals the right hand takes a ride let me sing of your changes (andante) swell...swell...who can tell? let me glissando your joys (forte!) and then mid-transposition the two of us harmonize and bring all the mystery down to size,  -- douglas brent smith

  With Greater Detail - mixed media by douglas brent smith

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

  Dream Birds Over Pulaski - sketch by douglas brent smith, 1985

white cloud blue sky sudden darkness odor from a distant unknown source bitter tasting, no permission chemicals drifted in a virgin course like a losing hand played to a devil's trick for no reason half the town is sick a stranger talking in a legal voice bottled water is the only choice dark days dry from a ruined well twenty square miles of obnoxious smell poison water makes a person think tainted life line not a drop to drink.  -- douglas brent smith

  Tango Rango - sketch by douglas brent smith

  still life -- painting by douglas brent smith