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This mixed media work sets three red maple leaves against a textured blue and white painted panel scratched with crosshatched marks. The leaves cast soft shadows that read as movement across the field of blue.

Zanna Smith · August 29, 2026

This mixed media drawing in pastel or colored pencil with ink depicts two rounded turquoise forms nested against a sweep of violet and indigo arcs, with a coral and magenta plume radiating from the upper right. Fine red and black squiggled lines gather at the left of the lower form, adding a nervous, filamentary texture against the soft broad shapes.

Zanna Smith · August 29, 2026

This mixed media painting of watercolor or water-soluble crayon with ink depicts a pair of irises in violet, magenta, and blue against a pale aqua ground, their petals outlined in dark ink and filled with mottled color. Green blades sweep upward around the stems, with small red and yellow blossoms scattered along the base.

Zanna Smith · August 29, 2026

This mixed media drawing in oil pastel or crayon with ink depicts a stand of bare trees, their trunks and branches drawn in vivid blue, magenta, and black over a scumbled ground of green, yellow, and pale blue. The scribbled linework describes the tangle of winter branches without settling into a single contour.

Zanna Smith · August 29, 2026

This mixed media painting combines watercolor or water-soluble crayon washes with fine ink linework to depict a large teal-and-green butterfly gliding above a loose meadow of orange, purple, and magenta blossoms. The pale yellow ground is left largely open at the top, giving the butterfly room to hover above the dense band of flowers along the lower edge.

Zanna Smith · August 29, 2026

This abstract painting features a dynamic composition with bold strokes of red, deep blues, and grays, suggesting a turbulent landscape or sky. The textured application of paint, likely acrylic or mixed media, creates a sense of movement and depth, evoking a dramatic and intense atmosphere.

Zanna Smith · March 7, 2026

This abstract mixed media painting depicts a gnarled, ancient-looking tree with vibrant, fiery red and orange roots contrasting with cool blues and greens in the upper branches and background. The style is expressionistic, with thick impasto textures suggesting movement and organic forms, creating a dynamic and somewhat turbulent atmosphere.

Zanna Smith · March 7, 2026