CHAD SMITH

Smith’s venture into the art world began in 2015 when Los Angeles visual-art team SceneFour approached the musician. They’d previously worked with drummers like Black Sabbath’s Bill Ward, the Grateful ...Read more...

Dead’s Mickey Hart, and Slayer’s Dave Lombardo to create eclectic, abstract works that attempted to capture the essence of their music in a visual form. “I thought their ideas were really interesting,” says Smith, who had never previously considered creating visual art. “It’s always fun to change and grow and challenge yourself and do something different.”

The process began with Smith playing drums with lighted sticks at SIR Studios in Los Angeles while the SceneFour team photographed him. “They then take the images and manipulate them in different ways,” Smith says. “They use different colors, textures, and depths. I’ll say to them, ‘I like that. I don’t like this. What if we did this?’ The whole process takes a few months, though I’m not actually there with them and the printers and sheets and everything.”

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Detroit
Mixed Media Lenticular
18x24 inches
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Abstract Red
Mixed Media on Metal
24x32 inches
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Aquatic
Canvas on Aluminum w/ Layered Inks
40x30 inches
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Chad
Mixed Media Lenticular
24x31 inches
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Chad
Mixed Media Canvas
24x32 inches
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Drumspray
Mixed Media on Canvas
30x40 inches
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Exploding Forest
Mixed Media on Sandstone
24x31 inches
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Funnel of Love in Purple
Limited Edition Print on Canvas
20x20 inches
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Ghost Love
Mixed Media on Canvas
48x48 inches
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Ghost Love
Mixed Media Canvas
24x24 inches
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Ghost Love
Mixed Media Canvas
36x36 inches
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I's of Fate
Mixed Media on Canvas
30x30 inches
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Mirror
Mixed Media Canvas
24x32 inches
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Mirror in Blue
Mixed Media Canvas
24x32 inches
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Mothers Finest
Mixed Media
20x20 inches
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Mustache Fandango
Mixed Media
16x20 inches
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Newbie
Canvas on Aluminum w/ Layered Inks
40x30 inches
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Newbie CC
Canvas on Aluminum w/ Layered Inks
40x30 inches
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Ocean
Mixed Media on Canvas
30x40 inches
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Out Of The Box
Mixed Media
18x24 inches
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Peacock
Limited Edition Print on Canvas
20x20 inches
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Posty
Mixed Media Lenticular
18x24 inches
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Robot
Mixed Media on Metal
24x30 inches
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Roth Pattern CC
Mixed Media on Canvas
24x30 inches
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RS2
Mixed Media on Metal
18x24 inches
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Satan's Butterfly
Mixed Media Canvas
24x24 inches
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Satan's Butterfly
Mixed Media Canvas
36x36 inches
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See No Evil
Mixed Media on Metal
24x31 inches
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Sliding Scale
Mixed Media
18x24 inches
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Soups On
Mixed Media on Canvas
18x30 inches
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Styles of Harry
Mixed Media on Canvas
30x20 inches
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Swanalicious
Mixed Media on Canvas
18x30 inches
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The Zipper
Mixed Media on Canvas
30x20 inches
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Thirsty
Mixed Media on Canvas
40x60 inches
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Thirsty
Canvas on Aluminum w/ Layered Inks
40x40 inches
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Thirsty Wide
Canvas on Aluminum w/ Layered Inks
48x72 inches
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This Is It
Limited Edition Print on Canvas
16x24 inches
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Untitled
Mixed Media on Canvas
40x30 inches
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Violent Violet
Mixed Media Canvas
36x36 inches
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Violent Violet
Mixed Media Canvas
36x36 inches
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Vortex
Mixed Media
24x24 inches
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VSP Drum Cool
Canvas on Aluminum w/ Layered Inks
40x30 inches
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VSP Drum Purple
Canvas on Aluminum w/ Layered Inks
40x30 inches
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VSP Drum Warm
Canvas on Aluminum w/ Layered Inks
40x30 inches