Editorial Feature
“OH, YOU CAN’T HELP THAT,” SAID THE CAT. “WE’RE ALL MAD HERE.”
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overs of the children’s classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland will recognise that line – and it’s something that artist
Peter Smith can relate to only too well. He and his wife Jayne, a fellow artist with whom he collaborates frequently, could not let the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s story go by without marking the milestone in the only way they know how: taking something familiar and transforming it into something original. Anyone who is a fan of Smith’s art will know only too well that he and Jayne treat all creative projects as a real labour of love. And so it is with the latest Peter Smith collection for Castle Galleries, Lost Alice. He began by thinking how he could move the
story on and began to commit to paper a new novel about Alice and her adventures in Wonderland. And what is the use of a book, thought Alice, without pictures or conversation?” »
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