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Brad Ford Smith explores drawing and sculpture in two distinct, but complementary bodies of work in his exhibit Outside Inside. In one series, Smith works from life, depicting incredible, but often unacknowledged public sculptures around Dallas, TX. The act of drawing becomes a way of re-experiencing spaces and scenes which had become mundane and familiar to the artist over time, and utilizes neutral tones to focus on the sculptures’ forms. Alternatively, his mindscape series are products of his automatic drawing practice, which emphasize color as equally as forms, and drawing inspiration …