Category: 1 Art Blog
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Hippy Drippy Seed Pod Dreamer
Hippy Drippy Seed Pod Dreamer, 2020 © Beau Smith, bronze, stainless steel, height 11” SHOP NOTES Name of the sculpture: Drippy Seed Pod Dreamer. I’m only going to make one of these. I only made one. There is no reason to make any others, for what I was doing was not something that I’m going…
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Notes to Small Frog, Fingers Entwined #1
These are notes for Small Frog, Fingers Entwined #1 Note 1 I’ve been meaning to get ABG (Atlanta Botanical Gardens) one of my frogs. They’ve been selling my frogs at the gift shop for many years, and referring me to customers. We, The Smiths – or, as we would say from time to time, humorously…
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Convoluted Artist Statement (💩)
My fascination is with the dialogue between that which is seen and that which is also seen under the things that are seen. The way that space moves in and about and around and under other spaces is inherent in my work. I also wonder what would happen if the space underneath the under space…
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Small Frog, Fingers Entwined #1
Small Crumpled Frog, Fingers Entwined ©Beau Smith December 2021 materials: copper, cement, bronze, steel Height: 12″ This frog is based on a large frog that my father made many years ago. It happened to be a really great frog that someone who was selling my frogs and my father’s and brothers frogs got from my…
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The ONE and ONLY ONE Note to NOTES TO NOTES TO NOTES TO “I Wonder/Prelude to a Mudfish” 8 December 2021
This is the One and Only note to Notes to Notes to Notes to “I Wonder/Prelude to a Mudfish” (Original post: “I Wonder/Prelude to a Mudfish” 8 December 2021.) Note 1 Smith has done it again. In one fell swoop, he has captured the essence of what we do all day looking at our damn…
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NOTES TO NOTES TO NOTES TO “I Wonder/Prelude to a Mudfish” 8 December 2021
These are notes to Notes to Notes to “I wonder/Prelude to a Mudfish” 8 December 2021 (Original post: “I Wonder/Prelude to a Mudfish” 8 December 2021.) Note 1 Okay, this particular note is pertinent. It is as pertinent as pertinent can be. Moreover, it has to do with the original blog post. What was that?…
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NOTES TO NOTES TO “I Wonder/Prelude to a Mudfish” 8 December 2021
These are notes to Notes to “I Wonder/Prelude to a Mudfish” 8 December 2021 (Original post: “I Wonder/Prelude to a Mudfish” 8 December 2021.) Note 1 That was a joke: Know… T. Sound it out. Note. Okay, I realize that was a stupid joke. It’s NOT EVEN funny. It’s just stupid. See, like, that’s why…
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NOTES TO “I Wonder/Prelude to a Mudfish” 8 December 2021
These are notes to “I Wonder/Prelude to a Mudfish” 8 December 2021 Note 1 Y’all want process. I mean, that’s what an artist’s blog is about. It is about the process of creativity. So, thinking aloud is permissible. In fact, I expect it. So, not only do I show the process of making the art,…
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“I Wonder/Prelude to a Mudfish” 8 December 2021
I Wonder/Prelude to a Mudfish ©Beau Smith 8 December 2021 height: 11″ materials: steel, Bondo, copper, wood, paint Here beginith the documentation of work, a considerable effort that will increase the value of the work, which will put more money in all our pockets. In this piece that I’m highlighting today it’s not only increased…