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Nick Smith is a photographic expressionist, taking intentionally unconventional pictures of unique textures, lights and colors and combining them into striking works of abstract digital art
See the Gallery »Made without generative AI. No AI was used to create any artwork on this site. Read my statement on AI and art »
Nick Smith is a photographic expressionist, taking intentionally unconventional pictures of unique textures, lights and colors and combining them into striking works of abstract digital art
See the Gallery »A map with no legend, shadows barely surfacing; the aerial view of a forgotten negotiation A map with no legend, shadows barely surfacing; the aerial view of a forgotten negotiation
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Canonical Geometry (2025) · Prints available
If you've never been to the city of Rochester, NY, you might not think you're missing much ... but you couldn't be more wrong. Let me show you some of my favorite places in the Flower City, eh?
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Sinister Minster (2025) · Prints available
I have created several new pieces, using photos taken during two recent trips to England. I did not add extra grey. I didn't even have to! They got plenty of it over there. The fun part was teasing out all the colors.
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Furious Sound (2025) · Prints available
The three ingredients of my art. Sure, there's more to it than that, but you'd have to read my statement if you wanted to know all that ...
More about me! »Three shots from the construction of the Music Performance Theater at Rochester Institute of Technology have been transformed over 50 times to draw out their purest mathematical harmonies Three shots from the construction of the Music Performance Theater at Rochester Institute of Technology have been transformed over 50 times to draw out their purest mathematical harmonies
View full page →The precision of stonework, the unyielding image in the center of York, played against the chaos of fluidity and the ephemerality of color and time The precision of stonework, the unyielding image in the center of York, played against the chaos of fluidity and the ephemerality of color and time
View full page →The grooves of vinyl caught forever in the wrought square forms of glass, howling for escape The grooves of vinyl caught forever in the wrought square forms of glass, howling for escape
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MAKE!!! ART!!! FIGHT!!! »Organic branching patterns emerge from cracked pavement and peeling paint, revealing the mathematical poetry hidden in urban decay, grown by rivers of color. Also it's a tree. Organic branching patterns emerge from cracked pavement and peeling paint, revealing the mathematical poetry hidden in urban decay, grown by rivers of color. Also it's a tree.
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Exquisite Human Suffering (2024)
In 2023, I participated in several contests online using predominantly public domain assets, coming away with some interesting (& surprising!) results
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ramure (2024) · Prints available
The sights of a city you need to experience once in your life, and a perspective through which you've almost certainly never experienced it — mine. Seriously, though, if you get the chance to visit any city in North America, this deserves to be on the list.
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Raven Run, April 2008 Abstract 2 (2008)
In all my years as a hobbyist, it wasn't until I got serious as a programmer that I kept any of my art. Then a few years ago, I suffered a massive data loss. Recently, while clearing an old hard drive, I found a small collection of old works. For stuff I made in my 20s, some of it isn't half bad!
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While looking at photos of jewels for in the Smithsonian Museum's Open Access Collection, I came across a beautiful and strikingly grotesque collection of goldsmithing designs. I was honestly aghast at some of the cherubic imagery, and my thoughts turned to the people in those careless, rudimentary supply chains, and... [more]
While looking at photos of jewels for in the Smithsonian Museum's Open Access Collection, I came across a beautiful and strikingly grotesque collection of goldsmithing designs. I was honestly aghast at some of the cherubic imagery, and my thoughts turned to the people in those careless, rudimentary supply chains, and how their story echoes throughout time into the present.
This piece, stolen wholesale from a 16th-century book of designs for goldsmiths and jewelers, is dedicated to the countless lives lost to the global slave trade throughout history, as well as to the millions of people who are currently enslaved worldwide.
The dark, depraved souls who benefit directly from forced and child labor are closer than you think. Put on a brave face and fight back.
60% of proceeds from the sale of this piece are set aside for the Abolish Slavery National Network, a group of slavery abolitionists fighting for full, constitutional, protection from slavery at the state and federal level.
a study from the botanical gardens in Montreal, QC a study from the botanical gardens in Montreal, QC
View full page →From my Early Works series, a harbinger of my enchantment with Photoshop's "Crystallize" tool and fascination with using chaotic-but-straight lines to tame organic forms From my Early Works series, a harbinger of my enchantment with Photoshop's "Crystallize" tool and fascination with using chaotic-but-straight lines to tame organic forms
View full page →I've been hard at work over the past 18 months. I've been involved in shows, moved around the world, learned a new language, and through it all I've been consistent in trying to find my voice. If you'd like to read it, I'd love to let you.
Come see what's been up »Utilitarian structure turned into a vivid study of pattern, color, and the architecture of repetition Utilitarian structure turned into a vivid study of pattern, color, and the architecture of repetition
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