Dwight SmithAncestry, Original Painting2023
2023
About the Item
Artist Comments
Artist Dwight Smith depicts a realistic still life of a green jar brimming with apples. He creates a representation of our origin–our roots as the driving force of the composition. "I imaged the brightly green pot, the mother apple tree that has been on this planet for ages." shares Dwight. "The apples around symbolize the fruit as the offspring." A strong light source from the left and its contrasting shadows hold the viewer's attention.
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.
Words that describe this painting: watercolor, realism, realist, fruit, apples, clay pot, pot, jar, still life, sunlight, shadow, paper, small, still life, realism, watercolor painting, red
Ancestry
Dwight Smith
Watercolor painting on paper
Ready to frame
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2023
7 in. h x 10 in. w
0 lbs. 2 oz.
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- Creation Year:2023
- Dimensions:Height: 7 in (17.78 cm)Width: 10 in (25.4 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)
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- Condition:Ancestry. Dwight Smith. Watercolor painting on paper. Ready to frame. One-of-a-kind. Signed on front.
- Gallery Location:San Francisco, CA
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