Brian Smith is a gifted painter of tortured souls.
Vaguely humanoid creatures are stretched, torn…twisted and tormented. He has a remarkable talent for painting agony.
For me, his work evokes a kind of richly textured empathy; a visceral connection to the raw realms of physical and emotional anguish.
Many of his subjects seem like lost souls at the mercy of forces greater than themselves.
And he makes a hell of a Joker.
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