Dwight Smith

Copenhagen Nest

2017

Artist Comments
This is an original watercolor painted in the realist tradition. It depicts a Copenhagen chair with a nest in the seat. I use a nest with a single egg in many of my paintings. I use it as a symbol of my faith. It represents life, security, hope, salvation, home, and destination. This piece 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.

Copenhagen Nest
Dwight Smith
Watercolor painting on paper
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2017
6 in. h x 4 in. w
0 lbs. 1 oz.