Michael Bill Smith
My work forms at the intersection of focused play and intuition. Employing seductive materials such as sparkly vinyl, paint, velvet, wood and neon lighting as well as found images and text, my wall-based paintings and sculptures, are indebted to process art, encompassing notions of the body, improvisational art making, and unconventional use of materials.

My art practice is an open exploration of materials and forms that engage my subjects, both public and private. Play and intuition combined with loose research encourage the uncanny emergence of multiple meanings; the effect being sensual, sometimes sexual and humorous, while evoking issues of identity and politics.