Retrospective: A survey of two decades of paintings
Purgatory. 1992.
Door hardware, skeleton key hardware, plywood, glue, acrylic, and tempera on canvas. 36"x36". © 1992 WL Smith. Collection of The WL Smith Revocable Living Trust.
When a thing was new, people said, 'it is not true'. Later,
when the truth became obvious, people said, 'Anyway, it is not important'.
And when its importantance could not be denied, people said, 'Anyway, it is
not new'. 
William James, 1842-1910
