Dwight Smith

Small Beetle-Big Bite

2016

Artist Comments
I love to create still life paintings using food, and sometimes humor. This glazed prefect doughnut has a huge bite taken out of it, and the little beetle has a huge sweet tooth. This painting is on heavyweight paper and will need a frame for display.

About the Artist
Dwight Smith depicts commonplace objects with a sense of playfulness and humor. His watercolor still life paintings appear conventional in their soft colors and composed compositions, but upon further observation the juxtaposition of unrelated items make for delightfully surprising combinations and comparisons. This transformation of the everyday, and strong graphic style, lend the work a pop feel. However, pop art is generally cool and ironic. Instead, there is a familiar and comforting sense of kitsch and Americana in Dwight’s subjects. In a similar fashion to the work of American artist Wayne Thiebaud, Dwight paints food and sweets of the American appetite. Doughnuts, hotdogs, and lollipops are captured in all of their potent delight. He plays with scale and composition to bring out a sense of the absurd, but ultimately his goal is to make the viewer smile.

Small Beetle-Big Bite
Dwight Smith
Watercolor painting on paper
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2016
7 in. h x 10 in. w
0 lbs. 1 oz.