Dwight Smith

Pear Trees, Original Painting

2018

Artist Comments
This is an original still life watercolor painted in the realist tradition. It is composed of a row of classic clothes pins with pear. I imagined the clothes pins the trees standing proud in an orchard with sun shinning its light on the pear and trucks. I enjoy culinary themed still life art and wish to place my spin on them.

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, still life, pear, fruit, culinary, clothes pins, realism, green, vintage clothes pins, bartlett pear, still life, surrealism, cuisine, representational, watercolor painting, grey, beige

Pear Trees
Dwight Smith
Watercolor painting on paper
Ready to frame
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2018
8 in. h x 8 in. w
0 lbs. 2 oz.