The crimson tufts gracefully supported by fragile filaments in “Just Between Us” are Ford Smith’s fresh, exciting vision of a familiar form. After receiving a degree in painting, Smith discovered an aptitude for photography, but, finding meaning in the breathtaking horizons he witnessed in his travels, returned to painting. Using a very nontraditional, physical process, Smith allows layers of acrylic paints to drip, flow and find their own imagery on his canvas, occasionally coaxing the paint into certain shapes and texturing it with plaster granules.

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