Caribbean Thoughts Mashup A131849 Versatile and chic

Versatile and chic

A lacquer-finish protects the wood

Each one starts with a flat sheet of gold

Artist Clinton Smith's signature cane is embedded in the paperweight

This mixed-media collage is full of vibrant colors and fascinating papers: the sandy beach is made from player piano paper

Caribbean Thoughts Mashup A131849 Versatile and chicIt took a lifetime to create "Caribbean Thoughts Mashup." As a sophomore student at the Rhode Island School of Design, the artist wrote in her color journal that she wanted to create an image where the figurative foreground and the background were the same. She experimented for years with traditional materials. When digital imagery was developed, she found a new medium. The image combines a bust she sculpted of herself with an oil painting created in