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JANE HUMPHRIES
… But it is curious to see Smith moving from judged shapes, which speak in a visual language to more colourful works, which suggest a closer move towards form. He has always been interested in language as the ogham paintings suggest and these new paintings speak confidently.
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Humphries, Jane
Watching the paint dry
CIRCA Art Magazine. Issue #90, 1999.
Pages 54-56.