Aaron Thell Smith

"Cautionary Tales"

September 5 - 28, 1997

 

Working in the painstaking manner of the 17th Century masters who inspire him, California artist Aaron Thell Smith has depicted social outcasts as modern saints. Using contemporary models, he has reinterpreted characters from cautionary verse written for children during the Victorian era. Through a dark sensibility and subtle conceptual shifts, Smith has transformed the misbehaving children of the nursery rhymes into solitary, ascetic hermits on a strange spiritual quest. A graduate, and teacher at Art Center College of Design, the artist now passes on his enthusiasm for figurative painting to his students. This is his third solo show with La Luz de Jesus Gallery.
 
special thanks to Tom Moore
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"August Who Would Not Have Any Soup"

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"Envious Minny "

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"Frank The Liar"

"Pitty Pat"

"Jimmy Sliderlegs"

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"Tippy Toe"

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"Slovenly Betsy"

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"Slovenly Peter"

 

"Little All Aloney"