• THE MUSIC

    by Barry E J Smith

    THE MUSIC

    Music

    The source of inspiration for this series is music.

  • PARIS FACE

    by Barry E J Smith

  • KISS KISS BANG BANG (apologies to Pauline Kael)

    by Barry E J Smith

    I have always enjoyed the hard boiled noir stories that came after the World War 2. I decided to play out my own version of a narrative. I did mine in cardboard.

    The story takes shape.

    Here is my hard boiled tale. A woman gazes into a mirror and wonders what went wrong. We make our own assumptions about what happens next.

    Meanwhile this piece in cut and painted cardboard went on show in the Sussex Contemporary, 2024.

  • A VISIT T0 AUSTRALIA

    by Barry E J Smith

    My visit to Australia began in my studio in Brighton, UK: the old man, wearing his ‘European’ hat , visits the landscape. His trainers are from Aldi.

    A further image of Australian imagery in painted cardboard’

  • PARIS

    by Barry E J Smith

    Various work inspired by the theme of mon Paris imaginaire in painted cardboard, watercolour and pencil on paper

    Painted words of Jean Cocteau for Frances Poulenc.

  • FLOWERS

    by Barry E J Smith

    Flowers are a gift for artists. Here are a few of mine.

    Flowers

    Flowers in a variety of media and mostly acrylic on paper

  • LANDSCAPE, AUSTRALIA.

    by Barry E J Smith

    Introduction: Life in Australia

    A Melbourne wedding in 1940: an allegory.

    images in cut cardboard & painted with acrylic

  • ABSTRACT AUSTRALIA

    by Barry E J Smith

    An abstract view

    Abstract sydney garden
    Washing in my aunt’s garden.

    Images of Australian life in acrylic on paper

  • PAINTED BOXES

    by Barry E J Smith

    Boxes

    Painted boxes in acrylic and oil pastel