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# Curios About: In Blue by Derick Smith
- URL: https://www.dublininquirer.com/curios-about-in-blue-by-derick-smith/
- Published: 2015-12-16T00:12:21.000Z
- Updated: 2015-12-16T00:12:00.000Z
- Description: This work draws something from the colour palette of neo-impressionism, the formality of abstract expressionism and the aesthetics of contemporary street art, according to artist Derick Smith.
- Author: Square in the Circle
- Tags: Culture Desk, arts, Curios About, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-03-05 15:28

**In Blue**  
By Derick Smith  
Acrylic and gesso on board, 30cm x 28cm

1\. This work is about . . . the interaction of the paint, as a physical object, with itself. It is intended that the work elicit a response or evoke a feeling which may arouse curiosity and allow the viewer to openly create associations without a specifically defined terminus.

2\. I made this work . . . to serve as a framework around which the viewer can momentarily gather and arrange, or scatter and dispossess themselves of, inner images or associations. Through the manipulation of the paint, a sense of form is created, which, when examined closely, tends to fall apart.

3\. I hope when people see this work they will . . . see it with both the inner and outer eye, and be given a momentary pause in which to pour their own vision.

4\. In terms of art history, this work . . . draws something from the colour palette of neo-impressionism, the formality of abstract expressionism and the aesthetics of contemporary street art.

5\. You can see my work . . . at [www.dericksmith.ie](http://www.dericksmith.ie/?ref=dublininquirer.com) and [www.instagram.com/dericksmith](http://www.instagram.com/dericksmith?ref=dublininquirer.com).

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9f/78/9f782dda-9dc9-44d1-b817-fe80588bdc76/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-2547.jpg)

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