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ERIK SMITH

ERIK SMITH

Solo Exhibition/ live painting at 333 Midland

Opening with live music:

September September 20th 5-9pm

Artist talk and closing:

September 21st 5-9pm

333 Midland st, Highland Park, MI 48203
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#artshow #gallery #detroit #detr

Be Like Water
12 x 12 in
Oil On Panel
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#synesthesia #eriksmithart #abstract #abstrakt #artist #vaporwave #oilpainting #painting #art #oilonpanel #artistsoninstagram #paintingoftheday #contemporary #contemporaryartist #

"Welcome To The Machine"
12" x 6"
Acrylic on panel

A study that ended up as a mash up between H.R Geiger and M.C. Escher
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#mcescher #hrgiger #abstractart #abstractpainting #acrylic #posca
#artistsofinstagram #artc

Throwback to when I did a chalk drawing of a frog. Should I order some chalk and draw one in every city I stop In?
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#annarbor and #detroit #chalk #chalkart #softpastel

14 In x 12 In
Oil on Panel
2025
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#darkart #darkarts #selfportrait #echo #portrait #detroitartist #detroitart #artistsofinstagram #artcvlt #eriksmithpainting #francisbacon #arte #art #oil #oilpainting #movement #abstraction #abstrac

"Light The Way"
12 In x 12 In
Oil on panel
2025

Life

Navigating through a storm holding the torch leading the way to the future.
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#life #storm #detroit #detroitart #detroitartist #yellow #blue #artofinstagram #art #dfa

Art auction on Sunday starting at noon !
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#dfabc #detroit #detroitartist #detroitart

Running Red Lights
12"x 12"
Oil On Carbon Fiber

*SOLD*

Dedicated to all the Detroit drivers running red lights living life on the edge .
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#detroit #detroitart #detroitartist #red #yellow #green #artofinstagram #art #

Check out lots of cool art this Saturday July 5th!

Come hangout at the Packard Art Collective !
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#detroit #detroitart #detroitartists

"Cooked"
9" x 12"
Soft pastel on paper

Made a collage then did a drawing of it in soft pastel
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#abstract #cityscape #abstractart #softpastel #earth #water #wineopener #pan #blue #buildings

Come hangout check out some cool art and eat some good food

"Spinning Wheels"
12"x12"
Oil on Panel
2023
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#eriksmithart #abstract #abstrakt #artist #experimental #oilpainting #painting #oilonpanel #artistsoninstagram #paintingoftheday #contemporary #contemporaryartist #

"1"
12" x 12"
Oil On Panel
2023

The story behind this series is to make a painting using only a limited number of expressive marks using whatever tool and once the tool is lifted from the surface that's a mark.
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A small Van Gogh tribute oil painting I made it 2-3 years ago and it's on display at the @hannancenter go check it out. They also have lots of amazing art on display.
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#vangogh #oilpainting #abstractlandscapes #detroitart

A huge thank you to artist/curator @claireminneboo , art gallery/ venue @_vamonos__ , all the other artists , and new art collector @headprey .
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#artcollector #art #abstractart #gallery #artgallery #detroit #detroitart

Come check out this cool show!

"Infinite Sun"
36"x24"
Oil On Canvas
2024
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#carbombband #eriksmithart #abstract #abstrakt #oilpainting #painting #oiloncanvas #artistsoninstagram #paintingoftheday #contemporary #contemporaryartist #abstractexp

Europa
15" x 23"
Oil on Panel

"Europa is slightly smaller than Earth's Moon, Europa is made of silicate rock and has a water-ice crust.
The apparent youth and smoothness of the surface is due to a water ocean beneath the surface, wh

External Locus of Control
12"x 12"
Oil On Canvas

"The belief that events in one's life are primarily determined by external factors like luck, fate, or other people, rather than by one's own actions or choices."

The reds and ora