Sometimes It Takes a Lot

No Longer Available

Completed

2017

Medium

Felt

Dimensions

24” x 36” x 1"

Cost

SOLD

Description

This ongoing series of felt storyboards are reminiscent of the ones I grew up with during Sunday School. Simply made from hot glue and cut felt, the storyboards pay homage to a straightforward DIY process and the resulting oddball aesthetic. Rather than telling significant Biblical anecdotes, these storyboards tell bizarre accounts of faith or tales of the ‘miraculous’ through everyday objects in strange situations.<br/> This felt storyboard tells the narrative of a friend who ended up drunkenly crashing his car into a local church. In his inebriated daze, he looked up to see the symbol of the cross and felt that God had given him another chance. He was sober for several years before falling back into alcoholism.

About this Artist

Matt Smith

Matt Smith was born and raised in Wabash, Indiana. He received his BA in Art Education from Anderson University (IN), spent a year in post-baccalaureate studies at Syracuse University, and completed his MFA in Studio Arts from the University of Colorado in Boulder in 2017. He recently joined the faculty in the School of Art and Design at Marshall University in the fall of 2020. (CHQ Alum ’07 and ’12)
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