Dwight Smith

Trade Secrets

2018

Artist Comments
How is that made? How is that baked? How did they get that color? How did the holes in Swiss cheese get there? Trade Secrets answers that question. Hole Punches!! Rich warms hues abound in this painting. Enjoy your Swiss cheese and ask yourselves, are the hole punches sanitized?

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.

Trade Secrets
Dwight Smith
Watercolor painting on paper
Ready to frame
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2018
12 in. h x 16 in. w
0 lbs. 2 oz.