One of the elements of today's media-saturated culture, is the seemingly random and constant display of images that come our way.

While packed with images, Gregory Smith's "Hands Across Time & Space" goes against this prevalent mode of presentation. Even as our landscape is littered with disposable imagery, meant to be passed over, this painting invites continued viewing and returns generous amounts of meaning upon each observation.

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Each of the four rows of small canvasses, mounted on the background canvas, present portraits of recognizable people and the gestures that they use and used to communicate their views and ideologies. Ranging from the political to the spiritual, this amounts to a cultural vocabulary. While inviting close ;scrutiny, this painting also rewards the viewer who looks at it from a distance. The almost abstract background coalesces into the universally recognizable images of "The Creation of Adam" by Michelangelo and the current "love" sign heart made by two hands pressing together - all of this floating in front of the image of our ever-expanding universe.