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3 The Flamboyant Wriggling WonkyWonder Canvas edition of 150 Image 203/4" x 30" Framed £595 2 The Rampant Jekylled Whatabanker Canvas edition of 150 Image 26" x 161/4" Framed £450
4 Menacing Moriarty Marauder Canvas edition of 150 Image 28" x 183/4" Framed £565
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Bloodlines took Smith over twelve months to create and it was a technically challenging project.
kitchens, meadows, shops, clock towers, not to mention a fortune telling amusement cabinet. Each one helped him to better visualise the completed painting and allow for accurate shadows and depth to be captured in the studio. To all this were added three hundred random objects from sandwiches, bank notes, guns, false teeth and balloon whisks along with a sprinkling of hidden items and codes for collectors to try and break, turning the collection into a veritable twist of popular cultural icons and historical •
quirkiness of American painter Will Bullas with his strong characters and whimsical titles, and unsurprisingly the surreal- ist painter Salvador Dali, "whose work offered me an unusual slant on the world,” although ultimately, as most critics would agree, Smith’s inspiration comes from his own unstoppable fertile imagination. Bloodlines took Smith over twelve months to create and it
was a technically challenging project. Sixteen works were either discarded or remodelled into something else; two shared the same backdrop, but from alternate angles and one was so heavy it collapsed overnight due to its sheer weight! Smith’s construction of each scene in tiny detail is testament to his extraordinary dexterity and skill and thirty models were built in miniature, featuring streets,
5 Edison's Sherlock Sidewinder Resin Sculpture Edition of 150 Height 13" £295
FINE ART COLLECTOR AUTUMN 2013
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