Don't F#?k With My Peace

Special Price - Large Abstract Oil Painting On Canvas, 30" x 40" x 2" (deep) Inches

This painting was painted in an intense feeling of anger but also simultaneously one of beauty. It is the painting equivalent of protest against war and the state of our world today. There are symbols of structures and bombs falling from the sky, but executed with beautiful vibrant colors and texture which convey a feeling of hope. It is easy to feel helpless about such broad issues in our world, but paintings like this help to express them and this painting was very cathartic for me as an artist. I hope it has the same effect on the viewer. At its very core, this painting is meant to be an expression of beauty and hope for a brighter, more conscious future. It is also painted in a playful way and could also been seen as symbolic of the chaos of traffic. Whatever you see in this painting, the same applies: "Don't F#?K With My Peace".

Note: This painting is painted on canvas is not framed, but comes hang ready with the sides painted black. It is also a deep canvas with the sides being 2 inches thick. Framing is unnecessary.

This painting is signed on the front and includes my Certificate of Authenticity.

© 2016 PMS Artwork. All rights reserved.

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Artist Preston M. Smith (PMS) found himself cross-eyed and with no depth perception as a child. This was the "lens" through which he developed his unique visual perspective of the world, which he now shares as a painter. Before focusing completely on his visual artwork, Preston spent many years developing and expanding his creative mindset by acting professionally, touring and lead singing for a punk/ska band, and writing two novels as well as a collection of poetry and original paintings. All of this experience fed into his ability to access his creative voice and communicate his own experience. Over the years, Preston’s artwork has transitioned from moody pop surrealist paintings into vibrantly colorful, tactile, highly textured and almost "edible" abstract works. His mantra for his abstract work is "color, texture, beauty and decay", and his work and life have been an expression of moving from darkness into light. Preston’s work has been showcased alongside David Lynch and at the Inaugural Purple Ball for President Obama’s Inauguration in 2009, where he was commissioned to paint 12 portraits of the President. Recently, Preston is coming off of a successful Solo Exhibition at ShockBoxx Gallery in Hermosa Beach California and his first two showings at the LA Art Show in Downtown L.A.. His work has also been selected by a panel of curators as a winner in the 1st 2018 ArtSlant Artprize Showcase and has been on display at the world famous La Luz De Jesus Gallery, and in numerous exhibitions throughout Los Angeles and across the country. Preston's work has also been the subject of a documentary short entitled "Negativity To Creativity" and is in more than 550 private collections in 27 countries, as well as in the collections of celebrities such as Ed Harris, Ashley Judd, Josh Lucas, Patricia Arquette and more.